Murray v. Justices of the Municipal Court
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Petition, filed on August 13, 1918, for a writ of certiorari quashing a judgment of the Municipal Court of the City of Boston, affirming, in proceedings brought by the petitioner under St. 1918, c. 247, § 3, the action of the board of trustees of the Boston State Hospital in removing the petitioner from the position of engineer.
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Petition, filed on August 13, 1918, for a writ of certiorari quashing a judgment of the Municipal Court of the City of Boston, affirming, in proceedings brought by the petitioner under St. 1918, c. 247, § 3, the action of the board of trustees of the Boston State Hospital in removing the petitioner from the position of engineer. The petition was heard by Crosby, J., who ordered that the writ should issue as prayed for, and, at the request of the respondents, reported the case for determination by the full court.
1Opinion of the CourtRugg, C. J.
The petitioner was removed' from his employment as assistant engineer at the Boston State Hospital after hearing had in conformity to the civil service law. Thereafter he filed a petition in the Municipal Court of the City of Boston under St. 1918, c. 247, § 3. It there is enacted that a person removed from such employment may file a petition praying that the action of the officer or board in making such removal may be reviewed by the court, and that after appropriate notice the court shall “review such action, hear the witnesses, and shall affirm said order unless it shall appear that it was…
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