Kennett v. Levine

[49 Wash2d Page 606] 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.