LEGAL DOCUMENT

Case: Town of Bristol vs. Bristol and Warren Water Works et al.
Citation: 19 R.I. 631
Court: Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Jurisdiction: Rhode Island
Decision Date: 1896-11-19
Docket Number: 
Pages: 631–631
Volume: 19
Reporter: Rhode Island Reports

Parties: Town of Bristol vs. Bristol and Warren Water Works et al.

Town of Bristol vs. Bristol and Warren Water Works et al.
A decree entered by consent in an equity cause cannot be set aside or revoked except by consent.
Bill in Equity for specific performance. On motion to set aside a decree. See Index SS. p. 10.
Bichard B. Comstock & Bathbone Gardner, for complainant.
■Arnold Green & Benjamin M. Bosworth, for respondents.
November 19, 1896.

Per Curiam.
The decree which the respondents by their motion seek to have revoked, having been entered by consent, cannot be set aside or revoked except by consent. 2 Dan. Ch. PL & Pr. 6th Am. ed. * 973, * 1459, and notes ; 5 Encyc. Pl. & Pr. 960.
Moreover, it appears that the motion is also to set down the cause for hearing on bill and answer. By stipulation of the parties the bill was amended so as to incorporate the letter of Mr. Bosworth, and we find no denial of this letter or any statement of circumstances which can change the construction necessarily given to it on the hearing of the demurrer. Whatever reason may have moved the respondents to refuse to appoint an arbitrator, or whatever expectation of procedure they may have had in mind after the démurrer had been disposed of, the letter was still a refusal which entitled the complainant to come into equity, and thereby their right to proceed in equity attached.
Motion denied.