Case Name: Ronald OAKES v. CITY OF PROVIDENCE
Court: Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Jurisdiction: Rhode Island
Decision Date: 1981-07-16
Citations: 433 A.2d 687
Docket Number: No. 81-350-A
Parties: Ronald OAKES v. CITY OF PROVIDENCE.
Judges: MURRAY, J., did not participate.
Reporter: West's Atlantic Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 433
Pages: 687–687

Head Matter:
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.

Opinion:
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.