Ponton v. Poisson

ORDER

This matter came before the Supreme Court on March 4,1994, pursuant to an order directing Philippe X. Poisson (defendant) to show cause why Yvonne M. Ponton’s (plaintiff) motion to dismiss this appeal should not be granted. The defendant appealed a Superior Court ruling in a partition suit that authorized a commissioner to sell the parties’ jointly held former marital domicile located on Cook Street in Cumberland, Rhode Island. The defendant, in addition to seeking dismissal of the partition suit, also asks that the commissioner’s fee of $4,250 be vacated.

After hearing the arguments of…