Mageau v. Wedlock

OPINION

KELLEHER, Justice.

The issue in this controversy is the legality of certain actions taken by the town of Charlestown’s moderator at the May 2, 1983 annual financial town meeting and at a special financial town meeting that was convened on order of the town council two weeks later, on May 16 and 17. Presented with this controversy, in which there was no dispute as to the material facts, a Superior Court justice, after reviewing the pertinent records, ruled in the plaintiffs’ favor. The town’s moderator, council, and treasurer have appealed.1

The annual meeting was held at the auditorium…