REPORTS

OF

CASES ARGUED AND DETERMINED

IN THE

SUPREME COURT OF RHODE ISLAND

EDWARD C. STINESS

REPORTER

PROVIDENCE:

E. L. FREEMAN CO., PRINTERS

1917

COPYRIGHT, 1917.

BY EDWARD C. STINESS.

STATZ OIHO

OMIAEBBILA

JUDGES

OF THE

SUPREME COURT

DURING THE TIME OF THESE REPORTS.

CHIEF JUSTICE.

HON. CLARKE H. JOHNSON.

ASSOCIATE JUSTICES.

HON. C. FRANK PARKHURST.

HON. WILLIAM H. SWEETLAND.

HON. WALTER B. VINCENT.

HON. DARIUS BAKER.

ATTORNEY-GENERAL.

HERBERT A. RICE, Esq.

ASSISTANT ATTORNEYS-GENERAL

ABBOTT PHILLIPS, Esq.
A. A. CAPOTOSTO, Esq.

FRED A. OTIS, Esq.

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