STATE v. McCAUGHEY

M.P. Nos. 1061-1063.

99 A.2d 482 (1953)

STATE ex rel. FLYNN v. McCAUGHEY et al. STATE ex rel. NYSTROM v. McCAUGHEY et al. STATE ex rel. McNAUGHT v. McCAUGHEY et al.

Supreme Court of Rhode Island.

October 2, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Corcoran, Foley & Flynn, Joseph F. Flynn, James M. Shannahan, Jeremiah J. Gorin, Pawtucket, Herman D. Ferrara, Providence, and Jefferson B. Fordham, Philadelphia, Pa., for petitioners.

J. Frederick Murphy, City Sol., Raymond F. Henderson, Pawtucket, Paul B. McMahon, Raymond E. Jordan, Providence, for respondents.


PER CURIAM.

These petitions for mandamus seek to compel the respondents, as they constitute the board of canvassers of the city of Pawtucket, to certify petitioners' "nomination petitions" as candidates for municipal offices to be voted on at a nonpartisan primary election, which they claim the respondents must call and conduct on Tuesday, October 6, 1953, in accordance with the provisions of the home rule charter adopted by that city under article XXVIII of amendments...

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