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

Head Matter:
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.

Opinion:
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.