Damon v. Selectmen of Framingham
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Petition, filed May 1,1906, by Herbert W. Damon, one of tbe selectmen of the town of Framingham, for a writ of mandamus to compel the selectmen of that town to call a meeting of its members for the purpose of appointing a committee of fifteen, in compliance with a vote of the town passed on March 11, 1902; also to require the respondents, John H. Temple and others, appointed by a majority of the board of selectmen at a meeting held on March 31, 1906, as a committee under the…
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Petition, filed May 1,1906, by Herbert W. Damon, one of tbe selectmen of the town of Framingham, for a writ of mandamus to compel the selectmen of that town to call a meeting of its members for the purpose of appointing a committee of fifteen, in compliance with a vote of the town passed on March 11, 1902; also to require the respondents, John H. Temple and others, appointed by a majority of the board of selectmen at a meeting held on March 31, 1906, as a committee under the requirements of the vote of March 11, 1902, to abstain from the performance of the duties of such committee. At the…
1Opinion of the CourtKnowlton, C. J.
This is a petition for a writ of mandamus to compel the selectmen of Framingham to call a meeting of their members, for the purpose of appointing a committee of fifteen persons to examine proposed appropriations and to report the facts relating to them, with their recommendations thereon, in accordance with a vote of the town, passed on March 11, 1902, making it the duty of the selectmen to appoint such a committee before the first day of April in each year. Two of the three selectmen, without the presence of the third, held a meeting for this purpose on March 31, 1906, and assumed to appoint…
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