Legal Opinion

Lewis v. Town of North Kingstown

Supreme Court of Rhode Island

Decided October 29, 1887PublishedCited by 12 opinions

Bill in Equity for an injunction. On motion to dismiss the bill.

1Opinion of the CourtDurfee, C. J.

The bill sets out that the complainants are owners in possession of a lot of land situate on Washington Street in the village of Wickford, in the town of North Kingstown, in highway district No. 87 of said town, on which lot there is a building belonging to them; that the defendant, John H. Weeden, the surveyor of highways of said district, acting under order of the town council of said town, the members whereof are likewise made defendants, has entered on said lot, and is engaged in razing said building and taking away the foundations, for the purpose of removing said building and…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Milkman v. OrdwayMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1870
  2. Winslow v. NaysonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1873
  3. Erwin v. FulkIndiana Supreme Court · 1884
  4. Gilbert v. ArnoldCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1869
  5. McPike v. WestSupreme Court of Missouri · 1879

3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Bettman v. HarnessWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1896
  2. Pucci v. AlgiereSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1970
  3. Alsager v. PetersonSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1913
  4. Lemmon v. Town of Guthrie CenterSupreme Court of Iowa · 1901
  5. Dimick v. LatouretteOregon Supreme Court · 1914

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