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POIRIER v. MARTINEAU

M.P. No. 1235.

138 A.2d 331 (1958)

BERNARD W. POIRIER v. FRANCIS E. MARTINEAU et al., as Councilmen of the City of Woonsocket.

Supreme Court of Rhode Island.

January 24, 1958.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Richard A. Baldwin, City Solicitor, for respondents.

PER CURIAM.

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...

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