Pawcatuck Valley Street Railway Co. v. Town Council
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Bill in Equity for an injunction. The facts sufficiently appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtStiness, C. J.
The demurrer to the bill is based upon two grounds. First, that the complainant had no right of appeal from the ordinance of the town council, passed September 25, 1900, which ordered the change of rails in Main street from T rails to 'grooved rails, in order to fit the block pavement about to be put down.(2) The complainant bases its right of appeal on Gen. Laws cap. 248, § 1, which provides that any person aggrieved by. any order or decree of any town council may appeal within forty days, etc. As stated in Walsh v. Town Council, 18 R. I. 88, this section was not intended to confer a general…
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