Bebe v. Tondre
Bebe v. Tondre
Opinion of the Court
This is an action of assumpsit for money expended by the plaintiff for the use of the defendants at their request. It was tried before a justice of the superior court, sitting without a jury, who rendered a decision for the plaintiff against the defendant Leon Tondre for $1,016.-20 and a decision for the defendant Martha Tondre. The defendant Leon excepted to the decision and that is the only exception on which he has prosecuted a bill of exceptions to this court.
It was admitted that plaintiff had spent the money as alleged. The defendant Leon claimed, however, that he was liable for only half the money spent by plaintiff, because
As disclosed by his brief, defendant Leon Tondre assumed that the trial justice would decide this case in part on the facts of another case which he had heard earlier, and in which our opinion has this day been filed. Bebe v. Tondre, 86 R. I. 92. The trial justice very properly confined himself to the evidence in the instant case.
The exception of the defendant Leon Tondre is overruled, and the case is remitted to the superior court for entry of judgment for the plaintiff on the decision.
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- Full Case Name
- Costa Bebe v. Leon Tondre
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