Case Name: John F. Sherman vs. Mariano Vervena
Court: Rhode Island Superior Court
Jurisdiction: Rhode Island
Decision Date: 1931-01-10
Citations: 7 R.I. Dec. 98
Docket Number: No. 84504
Parties: John F. Sherman vs. Mariano Vervena
Judges: 
Reporter: Rhode Island Decisions
Volume: 7
Pages: 98–98

Head Matter:
John F. Sherman vs. Mariano Vervena
No. 84504
January 10, 1931.
For plaintiff: Philip C. Joslin.
For defendant. Greenough, Lyman & Cross.

Opinion:
BLODGETT, P. J.
Heard upon demurrer of defendant to fourth count of declaration.
The fourth count is based upon the theory that the defendant was bound to know that a loaded gun kept by him upon his premises was an attractive nuisance.
The first ground of demurrer is that the attractive nuisance doctrine is not law in the State of Rhode Island.
Demurrer to fourth count sustained, Paolino vs. McKendall, 24 R. I. 432.