Kaplan v. Sullivan

This petition for a writ of mandamus has *68been reserved for determination upon the petition, the answers and a statement of agreed facts. The object of the proceeding is to determine whether the petitioner is the chairman of the finance commission of the city of Boston. The material facts shown by the record are these: In consequence of an existing vacancy, on December 27, 1934, the Governor of the Commonwealth with the advice and consent of the Council constituted and appointed the petitioner to be a member of the finance commission, and designated him chairman “ . . . to hold said trust for…