Bennett v. Harrisville Combing Mills, Inc.

The corporate defendant herein moves for an order directing a severance of plaintiff’s cause of action against the deceased individual defendant so as to continue the action against the corporate defendant alone. By companion motion, plaintiff moves for a continuance of the action against the executrix of the deceased individual defendant.

The affidavits submitted on this motion disclose that the deceased individual defendant was at all times a resident of the State of Rhode Island, that his wife was appointed executrix of his estate by the Probate Court in Rhode Island and that ancillary…