¶1 The Court held, that unless the plea was filed in the inferior Court the only matter open on the appeal was *98 the assessment of damages, and stated that this had been the uniform rule of the Court in appeals from the Court of Common Pleas.
2 R.I. 97
Dunn v. Littlefield
Decided March 6, 1852
Supreme Court of Rhode Island · decided 1852-03-06
Assumpsit, before Wm. P. Lewis, one of the Wardens of the Peace of the town of New Shoreham, where judgment was rendered by default for the plaintiff and an appeal taken by the defendant to the Court of Common Pleas.
Cited by 1 later decisions — most recently February 1879
1 state decisions
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Decided 1852-03-06
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