Williams Bros. v. Tripp
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Defendant’s petition for a new trial. The facts are stated in tbe opinion of tbe court. This is an action brought to recover damages against tbe defendant corporation by reason of the obstruction of Washington Street, a public highway in the city of Providence, and the declaration is founded upon Gen. Stat. R. I. cap. 60, § 1. There was proof, and the fact too was admitted at the trial, that the obstruction was caused by the street having been lawfully taken possession of…
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Defendant’s petition for a new trial. The facts are stated in tbe opinion of tbe court. This is an action brought to recover damages against tbe defendant corporation by reason of the obstruction of Washington Street, a public highway in the city of Providence, and the declaration is founded upon Gen. Stat. R. I. cap. 60, § 1. There was proof, and the fact too was admitted at the trial, that the obstruction was caused by the street having been lawfully taken possession of for the building of a sewer, and that the injury resulted from delay or the slowness of the work, in building said sewer.…
1Opinion of the CourtDtoreee, C. J.
'The first count in the declaration alleges that the city of Providence “wrongfully neglected and refused to keep, and to keep in repair, a certain public highway in said city, commonly called and known as ‘ Washington Street,’ so that the same was safe and convenient for travellers, their teams, carts, carriages, and on foot, as by law it was bound to do; but, on the contrary, suffered and permitted said highway to be and remain out of repair, and unsafe and incon venient for travellers, with their teams and carriages, and for foot-passengers : to wit, said city made, and suffered to be…
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