Barber v. Watch Hill Fire District

This is an action of trespass brought by-Orville G. Barber and Mary T. Barber, his wife, both of Westerly, Rhode Island, against the Watch Hill Fire District, a quasi municipal corporation also located in said Westerly.

It appears from the evidence that Walter Price, late of said Westerly, was the owner of a certain lot or parcel of land situate in that portion of said town of Westerly called Watch Hill, and being so possessed leased the same, by an indenture duly executed, to the plaintiff, Orville G. Barber, for the term of five years, from February 1,1895, at an annual rent of fifty…