Fontaine v. Industrial National Bank of Rhode Island

This is a civil action to collect damages for an alleged unwarranted repossession of the plaintiff’s automobile.

The case was tried to a Superior Court justice who, sitting without a jury, rendered a decision for plaintiff in the sum of $3,500. It is before this court on defendant’s appeal from the judgment accordingly entered.

The pertinent facts are neither disputed nor complicated. They establish that on February 25, 1970, plaintiff purchased a 1970 Lincoln Continental Mark III from Shore City Lincoln-Mercury, Inc. As part of the transaction, plaintiff entered into a retail installment…