Poirier v. Martineau

This is a petition for a writ of prohibition. The respondents are members of the city council of Woonsocket. The petition alleges that certain members are disqualified from sitting at a meeting of the council to be held on December 23, 1957 to hear charges preferred against the petitioner by the alleged disqualified members. It further appears from the petition that such members claim the right to sit by virtue of our opinion in Poirier v. Martineau, 86 R. I. 473, 136 A.2d 814. On the strength of the allegations of the petition we issued the writ and respondents appeared on January 6, 1958 to…