Sun Oil Co. v. MacAuley

This petition for a writ of mandamus was brought in the superior court to require the respondents, in their capacities as municipal officers of the city of Newport, to grant to the petitioners a permit to construct a certain driveway on and over the easterly sidewalk of Broadway, a public highway in that city. The case is before this court upon the appeal of the petitioners from a decision of the superior court granting the respondents’ motion to dismiss the petition.

The following statements summarize briefly the material allegations made and relied upon in the petition. The respondents are…