Knowles v. Knowles
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Trespass on the case. Heard by the court on an agreed statement of facts. The facts involved in the present controversy are stated, in the opinion of the court. The proceedings of the General Assembly, affecting the sale of the Sewall or Point Judith farm, are concisely given by Brayton, J., in 2 R. I. 202 sq. They may also be found in R. I. Colonial Records, vol. 10, pages 60, 71. The plat accompanying the committee’s report is annexed here.
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Trespass on the case. Heard by the court on an agreed statement of facts. The facts involved in the present controversy are stated, in the opinion of the court. The proceedings of the General Assembly, affecting the sale of the Sewall or Point Judith farm, are concisely given by Brayton, J., in 2 R. I. 202 sq. They may also be found in R. I. Colonial Records, vol. 10, pages 60, 71. The plat accompanying the committee’s report is annexed here. It appears from the agreed statement of facts that lot No. 2 of the Sewall farm, which the committee reported sold to Matthew West, was, pursuant to a…
1Opinion of the Court
Providence,
Dtjkfee, C. J.
This is an action on the case for injury to tbe plaintiff’s right of common of seaweed on the “common lot,” so called, in South Kingstown. The plaintiff claims the right as appurtenant to his farm, which was formerly a part of the confiscated Sewall estate in South Kingstown. The injury alleged is that the defendant took sundry, to wit, two loads of sea-weed from the “ common lot,” which had drifted there, and which ought to have been left there for the use of the plaintiff on his farm. The defendant admits that the plaintiff has a right of common of sea-weed on the “…
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