Gobeille v. Board of Elections

This is a petition for certiorari to review and quash the record of the state board of elections declaring Alton Head, Jr. elected senator in the general assembly from the town of Jamestown at the general election held in said town on November 6, 1956. The respondent board, in compliance with the writ of certiorari, made return of its records pertaining to the election in question. Thereafter Alton Head, Jr., hereinafter referred to as the intervenor, duly filed a motion to intervene and to take over the defense to the petition. In open court the respondent board by its counsel consented…