Case Name: Bridget Crowley vs. Richard Burke et ux.
Court: Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Jurisdiction: Rhode Island
Decision Date: 1894-05-21
Citations: 20 R.I. 793
Docket Number: 
Parties: Bridget Crowley vs. Richard Burke et ux.
Judges: 
Reporter: Rhode Island Reports
Volume: 20
Pages: 793–793

Head Matter:
Bridget Crowley vs. Richard Burke et ux.
PROVIDENCE
MAY 21, 1894.
A person from whom money has been stolen is not entitled to sue for the same ' until complaint for the crime has been made and process issued thereon.
Dependant’s petition for a new trial.
John M. Brennan, for plaintiff.
George J. West, for defendants.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
According to the testimony of the plaintiff, the defendant, Mrs. Burke, robbed her of the $135, for which she sues. This being so, Pub. Stat. R. I. cap. 204, § 22, requires that in order to entitle her to sue for the money, she should have first made a complaint for the crime and had process issued on the complaint. This she did not do. The court, therefore, properly directed a verdict for the defendants.
The petition for a new trial is denied and dismissed, and the case remitted to the Common Pleas Division, with direction to enter judgment on the verdict.