Catalano v. Woodward

OPINION

SHEA, Justice.

This matter comes before the Supreme Court on cross-appeals from a judgment entered after a jury-waived trial in the Superior Court. The controversy involved the use of a right of way and other land-use issues in Westerly, Rhode Island. We affirm in part and reverse in part.

In this case three separate actions were consolidated for trial. The plaintiffs, Peter Catalano and WHI, Inc. (Catalano), had asserted claims against John F. Felber (Fel-ber) and Deborah Woodward (Woodward), alleging that defendants had denied plaintiffs access to a right-of-way over defendants’ land…