Supreme Court of Rhode Island, 1898

Wheeler v. Price

Wheeler v. Price
Supreme Court of Rhode Island · Decided December 13, 1898 · Matteson, Stiness, Tillinghast
41 A. 894; 21 R.I. 99; 1898 R.I. LEXIS 15

Wheeler v. Price

Opinion of the Court

Per Curiam.

(1) This is an action of trespass for the abduction of the plaintiff’s daughter. The defendants demur to *100 the declaration, the ground of the demurrer being that the action should have been case and not trespass. Though the action might have been brought in case, trespass is also an appropriate remedy. 1 Chit. Pl. 16 Am. ed. 188; Chamberlain v. Hazelwood, 5 M. & W. 515; Ditcham v. Bond, 2 Mau. & Sel. 436; Hoover v. Heim, 1 Watts, Pa. 62.

Thomas H. Peabody, 'Nathan B. Leiois, and Warren W. Chase, for plaintiff. Albert B. Crafts, for defendants.

Demurrer overruled, and case remitted to Common' Pleas Division for further proceedings.

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