Mateer v. Mateer

This is a civil action to recover the sum of $3,100 plus interest and costs which plaintiff claims he loaned to the defendant. The case was heard before a justice of the superior court sitting without a jury. At the conclusion of the plaintiff’s presentation of his case, the defendant moved under rule 21 of the rules of civil procedure of the superior court to add the plaintiff’s son Philip as a party defendant. The trial justice denied the defendant’s motion and, after both parties rested, he rendered a decision for the plaintiff for $3,100 plus interest and costs. A judgment including both…