Supreme Court of Rhode Island July 18, 1939 (Stanton v. Sullivan)

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Condon, J.

This is a bill for partition of real estate, which was certified to this court by the superior court for the determination of a question of law that is of “such doubt and importance, and so affects the merits of the controversy,that it ought to be determined by the supreme court before further proceedings.” G. L. 1923, chap. 339, sec. 36, (G. L. 1938, ch. 545, §5).