Brereton v. Board of Canvassers

This is a reargument of a petition for a writ of certiorari whereon the court, on December 27, 1934, rendered an opinion quashing certain records of the board of canvassers of the city of Warwick and declaring the petitioner elected to the office of mayor of said city by a plurality of seven votes over his opponent, John A. O'Brien, to whom said board previously had issued a certificate of election.

On December 31, 1934, after permission of the court had been obtained, a motion for leave to reargue the case was filed in behalf of the respondents, and was later granted.

When the reargument was…