When any action or proceeding is brought to recover any property, or upon any cause of action for or upon which the plaintiff may maintain such an action or proceeding against all the associates by reason of their interest or ownership or claim of ownership therein as provided in §§ 9-2-10 — 9-2-14, no action or other civil proceeding for the same cause of action shall be brought to recover a personal judgment against the members of the association or any of them until after final judgment in the first action or proceeding and the return of any execution issued thereon wholly or partially unsatisfied.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 9-2-15
Actions against members prohibited pending action against association
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Corrente v. Rhode Island, Department of Corrections (1991)
Most recently applied in Corrente v. Rhode Island, Department of Corrections (March 1991)
P.L. 1906, ch. 1348, § 4; G.L. 1909, ch. 300, § 33; G.L. 1923, ch. 350, § 33; G.L. 1938, ch. 530, § 4; G.L. 1956, § 9-2-15; P.L. 1966, ch. 1, § 5.
Official source: Rhode Island General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Rhode Island statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.