Legal Opinion

Waterman v. A. & W. Sprague Manufacturing Co.

Supreme Court of Rhode Island

Decided December 16, 1882Published

Assumpsit. On motion to strike out certain pleas.

1Opinion of the Court

Dureee, O. J.

This is assumpsit for $20,000, balance of account. The writ was served April 22,1882, by attachment of all the right, title, and interest of the defendant corporation in and to certain parcels of real estate lying in the town of Johnston, and in and to certain shares of the capital stock of the United States Flax Company, all of which had been previously conveyed to Zechariah Chafee, as is hereinafter more fully explained. The defendant has pleaded the general issue. Besides the defendant’s plea, three pleas have been filed by Mr. Chafee, to wit, the general issue and two pleas…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Haskins v. Alcott & HortonOhio Supreme Court · 1862
  2. Valentine v. DeckerSupreme Court of Missouri · 1869
  3. Warner v. DoveCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1871
  4. McDowell v. GoldsmithCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1866
  5. Bank of Bellows Falls v. DemingSupreme Court of Vermont · 1845

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