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.