Silveira v. Santos

OPINION

WEISBERGER, Justice.

This case comes before us on appeal from a partial summary judgment entered in the Superior Court in favor of the plaintiffs. We affirm in part and reverse in part. The circumstances underlying this controversy are as follows.

On December 1, 1980, plaintiffs filed a six-count complaint in the Superior Court for the county of Providence alleging numerous acts of assault and battery by the defendant upon their minor daughter. The plaintiffs further alleged that defendant had enslaved their minor daughter and had alienated her affections. At the time of at least one of…