Case Name: Henry A. Kinnecom vs. Asa Waterman
Court: Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Jurisdiction: Rhode Island
Decision Date: 1877-07-28
Citations: 11 R.I. 638
Docket Number: 
Parties: Henry A. Kinnecom vs. Asa Waterman.
Judges: 
Reporter: Rhode Island Reports
Volume: 11
Pages: 638–638

Head Matter:
Henry A. Kinnecom vs. Asa Waterman.
When in trespass guare clausum the plaintiff’s title is disputed under the general issue, execution, after verdict for the plaintiff, will not issue against the defendant’s body.
Trespass quare clausum. Plea, the general issue, “ Not guilty.” At the trial evidence was'submitted for the defendant which disputed the plaintiff’s title. After verdict for plaintiff, his counsel asked for an execution against the defendant’s body.
Browne Van Sly oh, for plaintiff.
Francis Colwell William H. Grreene, for defendant.
July 28, 1877.

Opinion:
Per Curiam
(Durfee,. C. J., Potter, and Matteson, JJ.). The execution will issue against the goods and chattels and real estate only of the defendant, not against his person, as the provisions of Gen. Stat. R. I. cap. 211, § 14, do not require a claim of title to be specially or formally pleaded.