Weeden v. Town Council of Richmond
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Petition for a writ of mandamus, to be issued to the town council of the town of Richmond, commanding them to place the name of the relator on the voting lists of said town, or show cause why they should not do so. At the hearing of the petition, certified copies of the records .of the town council of the town of Richmond containing their proceedings with reference to the displacement of the relator’s name from their voting lists, were presented.
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Petition for a writ of mandamus, to be issued to the town council of the town of Richmond, commanding them to place the name of the relator on the voting lists of said town, or show cause why they should not do so. At the hearing of the petition, certified copies of the records .of the town council of the town of Richmond containing their proceedings with reference to the displacement of the relator’s name from their voting lists, were presented. The material facts are as follows:— “ At a meeting of the town council of Richmond as a board of canvassers, on the 30th day of May, 1868, it was…
1Opinion of the CourtDureee, J.
Tbe relator alleges that he is a resident of the town of Richmond, and a legally qualified voter therein for general officers, and has been such for more than fifteen years last past; that on the 30th of May, 1868, the town council of said town voted to strike his name from the list of voters in said town, and that on the first Monday of September, 1868, said town council, being requested by him to restore his name to the voting lists, refused so to do. He prays that a writ of mandamus may issue to said town council and the members thereof, commanding them to place his name on said list, or…
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