Legal Opinion
Graves v. School Committee
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided December 27, 1937PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtRugg, C.J.
The petitioner, by this petition for a writ of mandamus, seeks to be reinstated in the office of superintendent of schools of Wellesley, and other incidental relief. The petition was heard by a single justice, not on the facts, but on the demurrer of the respondents contained in their answer. In the exercise of his discretion the single justice, without decision, reserved and reported to the full court the question arising on the demurrer. That question on this form of reservation is whether the petitioner as matter of law is entitled to prevail on the facts well pleaded in the petition,…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- The Chicago Junction CaseSupreme Court of the United States · 1924
- Swan v. Justices of Superior CourtMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1916
- Stiles v. Municipal CouncilMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1919
- School Committee of the City of Lowell v. Mayor of LowellMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1928
- Lawrence v. Board of Registration in MedicineMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1921
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3Cited by26 opinions
- Leonard v. School Committee of AttleboroMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1965
- Moran v. School CommitteeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1945
- MacKenzie v. School Committee of IpswichMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1961
- Sullivan v. Municipal Court of the Roxbury DistrictMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1948
- Attorney General v. Trustees of Boston Elevated Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1946
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