LEGAL DOCUMENT

Case: Edwin E. Cull and Genevieve Gustafson v. Edmond L. Vadnais
Citation: 119 R.I. 940
Court: Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Jurisdiction: Rhode Island
Decision Date: 1978-02-23
Docket Number: Appeal No. 77-442
Pages: 940–940
Volume: 119
Reporter: Rhode Island Reports

Parties: Edwin E. Cull and Genevieve Gustafson v. Edmond L. Vadnais.

Appeal No. 77-442.
Edwin E. Cull and Genevieve Gustafson v. Edmond L. Vadnais.
Joseph F. Dugan, for plaintiffs.
Oster, Fay, Groff <1? Prescott, George M. Prescott, for defendant.

This matter was heard in open court on February 20, 1978 on the plaintiffs’ motion to dismiss as premature the defendant’s appeal from a Superior Court order authorizing a prejudgment attachment of defendant’s property. The question raised is novel in this state. The authorities elsewhere, however, are divided. 19 A.L.R.2d 640 (1951). In the circumstances, the question of which view we should adopt is entitled to fuller briefing and argument than it received on the motion calendar. Accordingly, the appeal is assigned for hearing to the current argument calendar. In the interim, the court will, upon motion of either side, remand the papers in the case to the Superior Court in order that the case may be heard on its merits.