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STATE v. POWERS

Equity No. 2192.

97 A.2d 584 (1953)

STATE ex rel. COSTELLO et al. v. POWERS.

Supreme Court of Rhode Island.

June 12, 1953.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hogan & Hogan, Laurence J. Hogan, Edward T. Hogan, Jr., Thomas S. Hogan, Paul B. McMahon, all of Providence, for petitioners.

John A. O'Neill, Pawtucket, for respondent.

BAKER, Justice.

This is a petition in equity in the nature of quo warranto under general laws 1938, chapter 585. It was brought by the state through the attorney general at the relation of Edward J. Costello and the Housing Authority of the City of Pawtucket, Rhode Island, to determine whether the relator Edward J. Costello or the respondent Edward F. Powers is entitled to the office of commissioner of said housing authority.

The petition contains among other...

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