Section 10-17-12. – Discharge of trustee by surrender or delivery.
§ 10-17-12. Discharge of trustee by surrender or delivery. The surrender or delivery shall be a good discharge to the trustee for the articles or money, as to both plaintiff and defendant in the action. History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 583; G.L. 1909, ch. 301, § 17; G.L. 1923, ch. 351, § 17; G.L. 1938, […]
Section 10-17-13. – Determination as to whether trustee is chargeable.
§ 10-17-13. Determination as to whether trustee is chargeable. Whenever any person shall be served with a copy of a writ by which he or she shall be sought to be charged as trustee of the defendant named in the writ, and the person shall appear and answer to the action or suit so commenced, […]
Section 10-17-14. – Liability of trustee for false answers.
§ 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, […]
Section 10-17-15. – Liability on failure to render account — Action against trustee.
§ 10-17-15. Liability on failure to render account — Action against trustee. If any person, co-partnership or corporation, served as trustee with a copy of a writ, shall refuse or neglect to render, on oath, the account required by § 10-17-2, of what personal estate of the defendant the trustee had in his or her […]
Section 10-17-16. – Joint action against trustees failing to account.
§ 10-17-16. Joint action against trustees failing to account. If several trustees shall neglect or refuse to render an account upon oath in the same case, then the plaintiff shall bring his or her action against all the trustees jointly, and in no other manner. History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 587; G.L. 1909, ch. 301, […]
Section 10-17-1. – “Trustee” defined.
§ 10-17-1. “Trustee” defined. The word “trustee”, wherever occurring in this chapter, shall be deemed to include the words “attorney”, “agent”, “factor”, or “debtor”. History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 596; G.L. 1909, ch. 301, § 28; G.L. 1923, ch. 351, § 28; G.L. 1938, ch. 550, § 19; G.L. 1956, § 10-17-1.
Section 10-17-17. – Defense in name of defendant.
§ 10-17-17. Defense in name of defendant. Every person, who shall be served with a copy of a writ against any defendant, may file an answer to the action or suit and defend the suit in behalf and in the name of the defendant. History of Section.C.P.A. 1905, § 588; G.L. 1909, ch. 301, § […]
Section 10-17-2. – Account by trustee as to attached property.
§ 10-17-2. Account by trustee as to attached property. (a) Whenever any person, partnership, or corporation shall be served with a judicial writ, original or mesne process, with purpose of attaching the wages or personal estate of the defendant in the hands or possession of the person, partnership, or corporation, the person, partnership, or corporation […]
Section 10-17-18. – Dismissal of person served who holds no property.
§ 10-17-18. Dismissal of person served who holds no property. If it shall appear by the disclosure that the person who or partnership or corporation which had been served as trustee with a copy of such writ, had not any of the personal estate of the defendant in his, her, or its hands, then the […]
Section 10-17-3. – Oath to account — Certified copy.
§ 10-17-3. Oath to account — Certified copy. The disclosure made by virtue of § 10-17-2 shall be sworn to before any person authorized to administer oaths and shall be filed with the clerk of the court to which the writ shall be returnable, and if the name and address of plaintiff’s attorney appears on […]