Kennett v. Levine

The appellant, John J. Kennett, commenced an action in the superior court for King county, in which proceeding he sought a writ of prohibition directed to the city council of Seattle to desist and refrain, until further order of the court, from conducting a hearing before the city council upon the mayor’s request for his removal as a member of the Seattle transit commission, and requiring the respondents to show cause why they should not be permanently restrained.

The respondents appeared generally and interposed (1) a motion to quash the proceedings upon the ground that the court had no…