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POIRIER v. MARTINEAU

M.P. No. 1215.

136 A.2d 814 (1957)

Bernard W. POIRIER v. Francis E. MARTINEAU et al., as Councilmen of the City of Woonsocket.

Supreme Court of Rhode Island.

December 12, 1957.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hogan & Hogan, Laurence J. Hogan, Edward T. Hogan, Thomas S. Hogan, Providence, for petitioner.

Richard A. Baldwin, City Solicitor, Woonsocket, for respondents.

ANDREWS, Justice.

This is a petition for a writ of prohibition brought by a member of the city council of Woonsocket to prohibit the other six members of the council in their capacity as such from hearing certain charges of misconduct made against him by three of the respondents.

On June 12, 1957 there was filed in the office of the city clerk of Woonsocket a complaint signed by the respondent councilmen, Francis...

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