Vrooman v. Arnold

The petitioner seeks a writ of mandamus■ against the respondent Arnold, as clerk of the District Court of the Twelfth Judicial District, to require him to certify to the-Superior Court the papers in a claim for jury trial, made by the petitioners, upon a decision of said District Court dismissing, for lack of jurisdiction, an action of trespass and ejectment for the recovery of possession of certain premises in the town of North. Smithfield.

The District Court heard no evidence and did not consider the merits of the case, but decided that the case presented in the declaration was not such a…