Farrell v. Garden City Builders, Inc.

OPINION

The plaintiffs filed a complaint in the Superior Court against the defendant, Garden City Builders, Inc., to recover attorney’s fees incurred in prior litigation. Garden City Builders added Meadowbrook Corporation as a third-party defendant. The trial justice dismissed both claims, and the plaintiffs appealed.

The plaintiffs own land adjacent to a parcel that Garden City Builders had sold Meadowbrook. They were successful in enforcing restrictive covenants against Meadowbrook that prohibited the construction of multiple-dwelling units on the land. Farrell v. Meadowbrook Corp., 111 R.I.…