Rhode Island General Laws 9-24-9. Summons of additional parties on appeal or certification
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The supreme court, in any cause pending before it on appeal or certification, may order any person having an interest in the subject matter, not a party to the cause, to be summoned in and made a party thereto.
History of Section.
C.P.A. 1905, § 340; G.L. 1909, ch. 289, § 37; G.L. 1923, ch. 339, § 37; G.L. 1938, ch. 544, § 4; G.L. 1956, § 9-24-9.
Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 9-24-9
- Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
- person: may be construed to extend to and include co-partnerships and bodies corporate and politic. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-6