Supreme Court of Rhode Island, 1894

Crowley v. Burke

Crowley v. Burke
Supreme Court of Rhode Island · Decided May 21, 1894 · PER CURIAM.
38 A. 895; 20 R.I. 793; 1894 R.I. LEXIS 95

Crowley v. Burke

Opinion of the Court

Per Curiam.

According to the testimony of the plaintiff, the defendant, Mrs. Burke, robbed her of the $135, for which she sues. This being so, Pub. Stat. R. I. cap. 204, § 22, requires that in order to entitle her to sue for the money, she should have first made a complaint for the crime and had process issued on the complaint. This she did not do. The court, therefore, properly directed a verdict for the defendants.

The petition for a new trial is denied and dismissed, and the case remitted to the Common Pleas Division, with direction to enter judgment on the verdict.

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