Godena v. Gobeille

This is a petition for certiorari to review the action of the respondents as members of the town council of the town of Jamestown, hereafter called the town council, whereby they abandoned a portion of Eldred avenue, a public highway in that town. Pursuant to the writ the pertinent records in the case have been certified to this court. When we issued the writ the petitioners were ordered to show cause why their petition should be granted.

It appears from the record that Eldred avenue crosses the island of Conanicut from the Jamestown Bridge on the west shore to the waters of the East Passage…