LEGAL DOCUMENT

Case: Ronald OAKES v. CITY OF PROVIDENCE
Citation: 433 A.2d 687
Court: Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Jurisdiction: Rhode Island
Decision Date: 1981-07-16
Docket Number: No. 81-350-A
Pages: 687–687
Volume: 433
Reporter: West's Atlantic Reporter, Second Series

Parties: Ronald OAKES v. CITY OF PROVIDENCE.

Ronald OAKES v. CITY OF PROVIDENCE.
No. 81-350-A.
Supreme Court of Rhode Island.
July 16, 1981.
Brian J. Sarault, Providence, for plaintiff.
Edward R. DiPippo, Frank Mastrati, Jr., Asst. City Sols., Providence, for defendant.

ORDER
This case came before the court on the City’s motion to stay a Superior Court order granting plaintiff’s prayer for the issuance of a writ of mandamus pending this appeal. Upon review of the record however, we find that no evidentiary hearing on the petition for mandamus was conducted below and therefore, we are unable to review the correctness of the trial judge’s ruling.
Accordingly, the defendant’s appeal is hereby sustained, the order granting the petition for writ of mandamus is vacated, and the case is remanded to the Superior Court in order that an evidentiary hearing may be conducted on the plaintiff’s complaint.
MURRAY, J., did not participate.