Prete v. Cray

This is an action of trespass on the case brotight against the defendant as city treasurer of the city of Providence to recover damages for injury to the plaintiffs’ property alleged to have been caused by the action of the city in making an excavation in front of the plaintiffs’ land on Branch avenue in Providence for the purpose of repairing a public sewer.

The case was tried before a justice of the Superior Court sitting with a jury. The trial resulted in a verdict for the plaintiffs in the sum of $2,020.83. The defendant duly filed a motion for new trial which was denied by the justice.…