Legal Opinion

American Underwriting Corp. v. Lombardi

Supreme Court of Rhode Island

Decided November 9, 1978No. Appeal No. 77-218Published

1Opinion of the Court

This case comes before the court on an order to show cause why the appeal should not be dismissed because it is an appeal from an interlocutory order of the Superior Court.

This is a civil action wherein a default judgment was entered by a court clerk against the defendant, but that judgment was later vacated by a Superior Court Justice on the ground that the clerk had no jurisdiction to enter a default judgment under the circumstances.

After hearing counsel, we determined that the order of the Superior Court was interlocutory and, therefore, not appealable. See Griffin v. Rahill, 112 R.I. 549,…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. McAuslan v. McAuslanSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1912
  2. Giarrusso v. CorriganSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1971
  3. Griffin v. RahillSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1973

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