POWERS v. CITY OF PAWTUCKET

M. P. No. 999.

87 A.2d 107 (1952)

POWERS, Atty. Gen. v. CITY OF PAWTUCKET et al.

Supreme Court of Rhode Island.

March 19, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William E. Powers, Atty. Gen., Archie Smith, Asst. Atty. Gen., for petitioner.

J. Frederick Murphy, City Sol., of Pawtucket, Paul B. McMahon, Providence, Raymond F. Henderson, Pawtucket, for respondents City of Pawtucket, Vincent J. McAloon as City Treasurer and Eugene X. Hodge as Chairman of the Joint Standing Committee on Finance of the City Council.

John A. O'Neill, Pawtucket, for respondent Lawrence A. McCarthy as Mayor of the City of Pawtucket.


FLYNN, Chief Justice.

This is a petition for a "Prerogative Writ Of Injunction." It is brought by the attorney general on behalf of the state of Rhode Island and prays that the city of Pawtucket, a municipal corporation, and certain named officials in their capacities respectively as mayor, city treasurer and chairman of the joint standing committee on finance of the city council of that city, be enjoined from performing any acts whatsoever under a certain joint resolution...

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