Title 10
Courts and Civil Procedure — Procedure in Particular Actions

Chapter 17
Trustee Process

R.I. Gen. Laws § 10-17-14

§ 10-17-14. Liability of trustee for false answers.

Any person summoned as trustee of a defendant, making a false answer or affidavit in any case, shall be liable to the plaintiff in a civil action for any damages which may result to him or her from the false answer or affidavit.

History of Section.
C.P.A. 1905, § 585; G.L. 1909, ch. 301, § 19; G.L. 1923, ch. 351, § 19; G.L. 1938, ch. 550, § 10; G.L. 1956, § 10-17-14; P.L. 1965, ch. 55, § 58.