Gallipeau v. Jordan

OPINION

MURRAY, Justice.

This is an appeal from a Superior Court judgment denying the plaintiffs’ motion to add moving costs to a judgment obtained against the defendant in a trespass and ejectment case.

On February 26, 1976, Richard W. and Jacquelyn Gallipeau (plaintiffs) filed a complaint in the District Court, seeking to recover possession of property leased by Maureen Jordan (defendant). The plaintiffs succeeded in obtaining a judgment that was entered on April 1, 1976, and executed approximately two months later.

On June 22, 1977, more than fourteen months after entry of the judgment,…