Title: Poirier v. Martineau

State: rhode-island

Issuer: Rhode Island Supreme Court

Document:

138 A.2d 331 (1958) BERNARD W. POIRIER v. FRANCIS E. MARTINEAU et al., as Councilmen of the City of Woonsocket. M.P. No. 1235. Supreme Court of Rhode Island. January 24, 1958. 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 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 show cause why the writ should be quashed and the stay heretofore issued dissolved. It appearing on that day that the only question in controversy between the parties was the correct interpretation of our opinion in the prior case, we decided from the bench that the petitioner's interpretation was correct. Pursuant thereto we directed the following order to be entered: Said order was duly entered on January 7, 1958.