REPORTS

OF

CASES ARGUED AND DETERMINED

IN THE

SUPREME COURT OF RHODE ISLAND

EDWARD C. STINESS

REPORTER

UNIVERSITY

PROVIDENCE:

E. L. FREEMAN CO., PRINTERS

1927

OHIO RIVIE

COPYRIGHT, 1927,

BY EDWARD C. STINESS.

JUDGES

OF THE

SUPREME COURT

DURING THE TIME OF THESE REPORTS.

CHIEF JUSTICE.

HON. WILLIAM H. SWEETLAND.

ASSOCIATE JUSTICES.

HON. CHARLES F. STEARNS.

HON. ELMER J. RATHBUN.

HON. JOHN W. SWEENEY.

HON. CHESTER W. BARROWS.

ATTORNEY-GENERAL.

CHARLES P. SISSON, Esq.

ASSISTANT ATTORNEYS-GENERAL.

OSCAR L. HELTZEN, Esq.

BENJ. M. McLYMAN, Esq.

LOUIS V. JACKVONY, Esq.

HAROLD E. STAPLES, Esq.1

SIGMUND W. FISCHER, JR., Esq.2

1 Resigned January 4, 1927. Appointed January 4, 1927.

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RHODE ISLAND REPORTS-VOL. XLVIII.

These reports are published in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 327 of the General Laws of 1923 of the State of Rhode Island.

The cases reported include the decisions, opinions, and rescripts of the Supreme Court, involving questions of law, pleading, or practice, from November 17, 1926 to November 21, 1927.