Municipal Court v. McElroy

Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Municipal Court v. McElroy, 31 A. 435 (R.I. 1895)
19 R.I. 40; 1895 R.I. LEXIS 31
PER CURIAM.

Municipal Court v. McElroy

Opinion of the Court

Per Curiam.

We are of the opinion that a new trial should be granted in order to permit the defendants to file their plea that the estate of the deceased *41 had been declared insolvent and the proceedings thereon. The defendants styled their plea a second demurrer instead of a plea, though it was in fact a plea. The circumstance that the plea was styled a second demurrer apparently misled the Common Pleas Division. If it had .been a second demurrer the action of the court in declining to permit it to be filed would have been correct; but as it was a plea the defendants should have been permitted to file it. Their demurrer having been overruled they were entitled under our practice to plead over. .

Harry C. Curtis, for plaintiff. Hugh J. Carroll, for defendants.

Reference

Full Case Name
Municipal Court of the City of Providence vs. Catherine A. McElroy Et Als.
Status
Published