IN RE PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE

No. 4021.

149 F.2d 69 (1945)

In re PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE.

Circuit Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

May 4, 1945.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walter A. Edwards and Edward T. Richards, both of Providence, R. I. (Edwards & Angell, of Providence, R. I., and Edward O. Proctor and Ropes, Gray, Best, Coolidge & Rugg, all of Boston, Mass., of counsel), for petitioner.

Francis D. McManus, Irving Winograd, and William E. McCabe, all of Providence, R. I., for City of Providence and Treasurer of City of Providence, intervenors.

Before MAGRUDER, MAHONEY and WOODBURY, Circuit Judges.


MAGRUDER, Circuit Judge.

The case is before us upon an original petition by Harvard College for a writ of mandamus directed to the Honorable John P. Hartigan, United States District Judge for the District of Rhode Island, requiring him to vacate an order staying proceedings in a case pending before him and to hear and decide the same.

On January 28, 1942, Harvard College filed its complaint in the United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island...

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