Henderson v. Mayor of Medford

The petitioner appeals under G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 213, § ID, inserted by St. 1943, c. 374, § 4, from a final judgment of the Superior Court dismissing his petition for a writ of mandamus to reinstate him as a police officer in Medford. In an appeal under this statute all questions of fact, law, and discretion are open in this court as in case of an appeal in a suit in equity. The evidence is reported.

The case was here previously on an appeal from an order sustaining a demurrer to the petition. We held that the petition stated a case in that upon the facts alleged “the petitioner never was…