LEGAL DOCUMENT

Case: Margaret McKenna, Adm'x., vs. Frank M. Bates, City Treasurer
Citation: 19 R.I. 610
Court: Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Jurisdiction: Rhode Island
Decision Date: 1896-10-03
Docket Number: No. 105
Pages: 610–610
Volume: 19
Reporter: Rhode Island Reports

Parties: Margaret McKenna, Adm’x., vs. Frank M. Bates, City Treasurer.

Margaret McKenna, Adm’x., vs. Frank M. Bates, City Treasurer.
Demurrer,
No. 105.
claims against towns, how prosecuted ; Whalen v. Bates, AFFIRMED.
RESCRIPT.
Hugh J. Carroll, for plaintiff.
Thomas P. Barnefield, for defendant.
Filed October 3, 1896.

The plaintiff’s claim for damages in this suit was presented to the board of aldermen of Pawtucket, and not to the city council as required by Pub. Stat. R. I. cap. 34, § 12. In Whalen v. Bates, Index RR. 105, we held that such a presentation of a claim was not a compliance with the statute. That case is decisive of the present.
Demurrer sustained, and case remitted to the Common Pleas Division with direction to enter judgment for the defendant for costs.