Legal Opinion
Woodward v. Stewart
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Decided July 9, 1968No. 191-AppealPublishedCited by 88 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtPowers, J.
This is a civil action brought by the plaintiff pursuant to the provisions of G. L. 1956, chapter 7 of title 10, as amended, known and cited as the Wrongful Death Act, for the death of Lewis E. Woodward, III, whose death resulted from an automobile accident occurring on Interstate Route 195 in the commonwealth of Massachusetts.
The plaintiff’s decedent was a passenger in an automobile owned by defendant Catherine Stewart and being operated with her consent by defendant John A. Stewart. All the parties above mentioned are Rhode Island residents, and were returning to Barrington, Rhode Island,…
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