Fravala v. CITY OF CRANSTON EX REL. BARON

OPINION

Chief Justice SUTTELL,

for the Court.

The City of Cranston (the city) appeals from a Superior Court judgment declaring Constance Fravala (Constance) 1 to be the common-law wife of Wilbur Phillips (Wilbur) at the time of his death on October 25, 2004, and Constance cross-appeals 2 from the same judgment. These two cases came before the Supreme Court for oral argument pursuant to orders directing the parties to appear and show cause why the issues raised in these appeals should not summarily be decided. After examining the written and oral submissions of the parties, we conclude that these…