Sutter v. Harrington

This is an action in assumpsit to recover the balance of the purchase price of fifty shares of stock sold by the plaintiff to the defendant. The case is before us on the plaintiff’s exception to a ruling of a justice of the Superior Court denying the plaintiff’s motion for a summary judgment under the provisions of Chapter 1343, P. L., 1929. For material provisions of said chapter see Rosenthal v. Halsband, 51 R. I. 119, 152 A. 320.

On September 29, 1925, the parties entered into a written agreement whereby the plaintiff agreed to sell and the defendant agreed to buy fifty shares of the…