Rendine v. Catoia, 7022.
Citation | 158 A. 712 |
Decision Date | 29 January 1932 |
Docket Number | No. 7022.,7022. |
Parties | RENDINE et ux. v. CATOIA et ux. |
Court | United States State Supreme Court of Rhode Island |
Exceptions from Superior Court, Providence and Bristol Counties; G. Frederick Frost, Judge.
Action by Pasquale Rendine and wife against Nicola Catoia and wife. On plaintiffs' exception to ruling granting defendants' motion for a nonsuit.
Plaintiffs' exception sustained, and case remitted to the superior court for a new trial.
Pettine, Godfrey & Cambio, of Providence, for plaintiffs.
William H. McSoley, of Providence, for defendants.
This is an action in assumpsit to recover damages for breach of contract. The case is here on plaintiffs' exception to a ruling of the trial justice granting defendants' motion for a nonsuit. In June, 1929, the parties entered into a written contract, the relevant parts of which are as follows:
Pursuant to the above agreement, the parties made the conveyances as provided therein, and the plaintiffs paid to defendants $3,900. The mortgage indebtedness on the property conveyed to the defendants consisted of a first and second mortgage. The note accompanying the second mortgage is dated June 1, 1927, bears interest at the rate of 8 per cent. per annum, and is payable in five years from its date.
The defendants did not pay the interest...
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