Title: Petition of LaFreniere

State: vermont

Issuer: Vermont Supreme Court

Document:

227 A.2d 301 (1967) Petition of Bertha LAFRENIERE. No. 1992. Supreme Court of Vermont. Washington. January 24, 1967. *302 Peter E. Piche, Burlington, for petitioner. Thomas Salmon, Bellows Falls, for Neal C. Lunnie, petitionee. Before HOLDEN, C. J., and SHANGRAW, BARNEY, SMITH and KEYSER, JJ. PER CURIAM. The petitioner challenges the right of Neal C. Lunnie to represent District No. 58 in the General Assembly now in session. The petition was filed in this court several days after the petitionee had been sworn as the legal representative for the district in question. The petitioner seeks a writ of mandamus, or in the alternative, prohibition or certiorari to test the legality of Mr. Lunnie's election. Prior to the present proceeding the petitioner invoked subsection one of 17 V.S.A. § 1361. The full text of that statute reads: Recount was made and a report filed November 22, 1966, indicating the petitionee received the largest number of votes. The Honorable Donald E. O'Brien, judge of the Chittenden County Court, issued a certificate of the election of Neal C. Lunnie as provided in the statute. The petitioner did not question the eligibility of Mr. Lunnie under the provision of 17 V.S.A. § 1361(2) nor seek an investigation of the facts for submission to the general assembly. Having failed to resort to the statutory procedure, the extraordinary remedies of mandamus, prohibition or certiorari are not available to her. Leonard v. Willcox 101 Vt. 195, 204, 142 A. 762. Petition dismissed.