Legal Opinion
Murphy v. Moies
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Decided December 21, 1892PublishedCited by 2 opinions
Assumpsit. Heard by the court, jury trial being waived.
1Opinion of the CourtStiness, J.
The question in this case is whether the plaintiff’s claim was presented to the town council of the town of Lincoln, pursuant to the requirement of Pub. Stat. R. I. cap. 31, § 12.
The claim was presented June l'i, 1891, to a body claiming to be the town council chosen at the election held June 1, 1891, and declared to have been so elected, by the town council whose duty it was to count the votes, June 3, 1891, at which time the members of the body took the oath of office and organized by the choice of E. E. Fitzsimmons as president. At the close of that election 2 bunches of tissue ballots,…
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