Legal Opinion

Carroll v. Williams

Supreme Court of Rhode Island

Decided January 4, 1894PublishedCited by 2 opinions

Dependant’s petition for a new trial.

1Opinion of the CourtMatteson, C. J.

This is an action of the case to recover from the defendant the costs of suit, for which a judgment was rendered by the Court of Common Pleas at its December Term, 1889, in favor of the plaintiff in an action of trespass brought by one Cassius C. Brown against the plaintiff and others. In that action Brown was required to give surety for the defendants’ costs. The defendant in this suit became surety in compliance with the order of the court by indorsing his name on the writ in accordance with Pub. Stat. R. I. cap. 206, §§ 25, 26.

The present suit was brought originally in the District Court…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Ruggles v. IvesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1810
  2. Merrill v. WalkerSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1844
  3. Miller v. WashburnMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1814
  4. Talbot v. WhitingMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1813

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. State ex rel. Behan v. Judge Sixth District CourtSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1880
  2. State ex rel. Becker v. Judge of the Sixth District CourtSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1879

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