Bates v. Selectmen of Westfield
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
. Petition, filed as amended on August 28, 1915, for a writ of mandamus addressed to the board of selectmen of the town of Westfield commanding them to restore the petitioner to the office of sealer of weights and measures in that town, and to Leroy C. Coburn commanding him to abstain from performing the duties of that office.
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. Petition, filed as amended on August 28, 1915, for a writ of mandamus addressed to the board of selectmen of the town of Westfield commanding them to restore the petitioner to the office of sealer of weights and measures in that town, and to Leroy C. Coburn commanding him to abstain from performing the duties of that office. The case came on to be heard upon an agreed statement of facts, the substance of which is stated in the opinion, before Be Courcy, J., who reserved it for determination by the full court. The case was submitted on briefs.
1Opinion of the CourtDe Courcy, J.
The petitioner, Bates, was appointed and duly qualified as sealer of weights and measures of the town of Westfield in 1906 and in 1907, and was reappointed in 1908 and *2971909. The agreed statement of facts refers to “a certified copy of the record” of the last appointment (in 1909) as being annexed, but it is not in fact before us. However, R. L. c. 62, § 18, expressly provided that sealers of weights and measures should be appointed annually; and this was in force until St. 1914, c. 452, enacted that appointments should be during good behavior, in cities and in towns having over ten…
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