68 A.2d 44 VINCENT BALON vs. GENERAL CABLE CORPORATION. Supreme Court of Rhode Island. August 22, 1949. PRESENT: Flynn, C.J., Capotosto, Baker, Condon and O’Connell, JJ. 1. WORKMEN’S COMPENSATION. Preliminary Agreement. Right to Review While Other Petition Pending. Employer had petition to discontinue disability payments pending in superior court when employee petitioned department of labor […]
Category: Supreme Court Opinions
CLAPP v. SHERMAN, 16 R.I. 370 (1888)
17 A. 130 WILLIAM H. CLAPP et al. vs. FRED. SHERMAN et als. Supreme Court of Rhode Island. December 6, 1888. In the forty eighth equity rule the word “examination” means the testimony of witnesses taken in writing either by the master or by examiners appointed for that purpose. A master in chancery will not […]
SEAPORCEL METALS v. PROFESSIONAL REALTY, 95 R.I. 289 (1962)
186 A.2d 743 SEAPORCEL METALS, INC. vs. PROFESSIONAL REALTY, INC. Supreme Court of Rhode Island. December 18, 1962. PRESENT: Roberts, Paolino, Powers and Frost, JJ. CONTRACTS. Building Contract. Party Secondarily Liable. Agreement as to Primary Liability. Defendant, secondarily liable for payment to plaintiff under subcontract to furnish porcelain facing on gasoline station Held, to be […]
TAFT, TRUSTEE v. HARTFORD, PROVIDENCE AND FISHKILL R.R., 8 R.I. 310 (1866)
JOHN A. TAFT, Trustee, v. HARTFORD, PROVIDENCE AND FISHKILL RAILROAD COMPANY. Supreme Court of Rhode Island. MARCH TERM, 1866. The holder of “preferred and guaranteed stock” in the H., P. F.R.R. Co. being entitled to preferred and guaranteed dividends, at the rate of ten per cent, per annum, payable semi-annually, before any dividend shall be […]
MARTINEAU v. KING, 120 R.I. 265 (1978)
386 A.2d 1117 EMMA MARTINEAU et al. v. FRANK KING et al. Supreme Court of Rhode Island. June 6, 1978. PRESENT: Bevilacqua, C.J., Joslin, Kelleher, Doris and Weisberger, JJ. 1. ADVERSE POSSESSION. Elements of Adverse Possession. Elements of “adverse possession” under statute, as at common law, are that possession must be actual, open, notorious, hostile, […]
BURGES v. THOMPSON, 13 R.I. 712 (1882)
TRISTAM BURGES vs. ROBERT THOMPSON et als. Supreme Court of Rhode Island. July 12, 1882. Devise as follows: “I give, devise, and bequeath all and singular my real and personal estate, whatsoever and wheresoever, at the time of my decease, unto and to the use of my wife S. for and during the term of […]
PETITION OF THE RHODE ISLAND BAR ASSOCIATION, 115 R.I. 931 (1975)
PETITION OF THE RHODE ISLAND BAR ASSOCIATION. M. P. No. 75-252.Supreme Court of Rhode Island. October 20, 1975. In accordance with the provisions of Article III, Section 3.5 of its bylaws the Rhode Island Bar Association has filed a petition with this court that certain attorneys be suspended from the practice of law. In response […]
CLARKE v. CROSS, 2 R.I. 440 (1853)
PELEG CLARKE v. JOHN H. CROSS. Supreme Court of Rhode Island. AUGUST TERM, 1853. The proviso to the Statute of Possessions, exempting from the operation of that Statute such persons as are subject to the disabilities therein specified until ten years after the removal of the same, applies only where some one of such disabilities […]
STATE v. ONDIS, 451 A.2d 582 (R.I. 1982)
451 A.2d 582 STATE v. Gordon F.B. ONDIS. No. 82-334-M.P.Supreme Court of Rhode Island. October 15, 1982. Dennis J. Roberts II, Atty. Gen., David H. Leach, Asst. Atty. Gen., for plaintiff-respondent. Stephen P. Nugent, Providence, for defendant-petitioner. [1] ORDER [2] Petition for certiorari and petitioner’s motion for stay are hereby denied as interlocutory. Page 817
COSTELLO v. NARRAGANSETT ELEC. CO., 623 A.2d 441 (R.I. 1993)
623 A.2d 441 Joseph COSTELLO, v. NARRAGANSETT ELECTRIC COMPANY. No. 92-266-M.P.Supreme Court of Rhode Island. April 15, 1993. Petition for review from the Workers’ Compensation Appellate Division, Rotondi, J. Gregory Boyer, Boyer, Reynolds DeMarco, Providence, Ronald Cavallaro, Warwick, for plaintiff. Mary F. McGair, Providence, for defendant. [1] OPINION SHEA, Justice. [2] This matter comes before […]
STATE v. MULLEN, 740 A.2d 783 (R.I. 1999)
740 A.2d 783 STATE v. TIMOTHY MULLEN. No. 98-437-C.A.Supreme Court of Rhode Island. November 16, 1999 Appeal from Superior Court, Kent County, Israel, J. Page 784 C. O’Brien, Jr., for Plaintiff. Lauren Sandler Zurier, Aaron L. Weisman, Providence, for Defendant. Present WEISBERGER, C.J., and LEDERBERG, BOURCIER, FLANDERS, and GOLDBERG, JJ. OPINION PER CURIAM. This case […]
JOSLIN v. RHODES, 45 R.I. 371 (1923)
122 A. 779 GEORGE A. JOSLIN vs. ELBRIDGE A. RHODES. ELBRIDGE A. RHODES vs. GEORGE A. JOSLIN. ELBRIDGE A. RHODES vs. GEORGE A. JOSLIN. GEORGE A. JOSLIN vs. ELBRIDGE A. RHODES. Supreme Court of Rhode Island. November 27, 1923. PRESENT: Sweetland, C.J., Vincent, Stearns, Rathbun, and Sweeney, JJ. (1) Contracts. Demand. Interest. Where the amount […]
CLARK v. DELAWARE HUDSON CANAL CO., 11 R.I. 36 (1874)
HENRY C. CLARK vs. THE DELAWARE AND HUDSON CANAL COMPANY. Supreme Court of Rhode Island. PROVIDENCE COUNTY. May 16, 1874. A case removed into the United States Circuit Court should be removed as of the day when motion for the removal was made. A case may be removed after a trial in the state court […]
FULLER v. ATWOOD, 14 R.I. 293 (1883)
GEORGE F. FULLER vs. WILLIAM K. ATWOOD.[1] Supreme Court of Rhode Island. November 28, 1883. [1] See 13 R.I. 316. In a single undivided and continuous negotiation between A. and B., A. at one time represented one principal and at another time a different one Held, that A., notwithstanding the change of principal, was entitled […]
SCHOOL COMM. v. PAWTUCKET TEACHERS ALLIANCE, 510 A.2d 943 (R.I. 1986)
510 A.2d 943 SCHOOL COMMITTEE OF the CITY OF PAWTUCKET v. PAWTUCKET TEACHERS ALLIANCE, LOCAL NO. 930 et al. No. 85-424-Appeal.Supreme Court of Rhode Island. June 6, 1986. Page 944 Appeal from the Superior Court, Providence County, Grande, J. Stephen Robinson, Katherine Merolla, Asquith Merolla Anderson Ryan Wiley, Providence, for plaintiff. Richard A. Skolnik, Lipsey […]
HARRIS v. THE SOCIAL MANUFACTURING COMPANY, 9 R.I. 99 (1868)
EDWARD HARRIS v. THE SOCIAL MANUFACTURING COMPANY. Supreme Court of Rhode Island. OCTOBER TERM, 1868. An award should be in its terms reasonably certain, and not leave its own meaning open to further controversy. Hence, an award that the defendants “have the right to keep up and maintain the cap-log or permanent rolling way of […]
MAILEY v. DePASQUALE, 94 R.I. 31 (1962)
177 A.2d 376 HENRY E. MAILEY, JR. vs. ESTATE OF LUIGI DePASQUALE. Supreme Court of Rhode Island. January 31, 1962. PRESENT: Condon, C.J., Roberts, Paolino and Powers, JJ. 1. CONSTITUTIONAL LAW. Criminal Statute. Raising Constitutional Question. Plaintiff contended justice of district court falsely imprisoned him for failure to pay the fine imposed or take an […]
STATE v. ABDULLAH, 730 A.2d 1074 (R.I. 1999)
730 A.2d 1074 State v. Ismaila Abdullah. No. 98-316-C.A.Supreme Court of Rhode Island. June 15, 1999 Appeal from Superior Court, Providence County, Savage, J. Page 1075 Jane McSoley, Aaron L. Weisman, for Plaintiff. Paula Rosin, for Defendant. Weisberger, C.J., Lederberg, Bourcier, Flanders, and Goldberg, JJ., Concurring. OPINION PER CURIAM. This case came before the Court […]
McGOVERN v. MICHAEL, 60 R.I. 119 (1938)
197 A. 218 FRANCIS L. McGOVERN, D.S. vs. ASSAD MICHAEL, et al. Supreme Court of Rhode Island. February 18, 1938. PRESENT: Flynn, C.J., Moss, Capotosto, Baker and Condon, JJ. (1) Bills of Exceptions. Sufficiency of Transcript. On motion to dismiss bill of exceptions, as having an insufficient transcript, an inspection of bill of exceptions and […]
WINSLOW v. BROWN, 7 R.I. 95 (1861)
ALBERT H. WINSLOW v. JOHN C. BROWN. Supreme Court of Rhode Island. SEPTEMBER TERM, 1861. A part payment made by one joint debtor, not in satisfaction of the joint debt, but merely for his personal discharge therefrom, will not, in the absence of technical difficulties connected with the remedy, operate as a discharge of the […]