DIAS v. VIEIRA

No. 88-460-A.

572 A.2d 877 (1990)

Stephen F. DIAS, et al. v. James E. VIEIRA, et al.

Supreme Court of Rhode Island.

April 13, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis M. Pulner, Providence, for plaintiffs.

Joseph H. Scott, Narragansett, for defendants.


OPINION

WEISBERGER, Justice.

This case comes before us on an appeal by the plaintiffs from a judgment rendered in an action of slander of title wherein the trial justice awarded compensatory damages but withheld punitive damages. We affirm the judgment. The facts of the case insofar as pertinent to this appeal are as follows.

The trial justice found that defendants James E. Vieira and Dorothea A. Vieira had recorded a purchase-and-sale agreement...

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