Pope v. Berry
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Petition, filed on September 27,1915, by certain citizens of the town of Danvers for a writ of mandamus directed to the board of fire engineers of that town, commanding them to keep, maintain and care for the combination motor pumping engine, which is mentioned in the opinion, at the fire station on River Street in the part of the town of Danvers called Danversport, until the town shall vote otherwise.
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Petition, filed on September 27,1915, by certain citizens of the town of Danvers for a writ of mandamus directed to the board of fire engineers of that town, commanding them to keep, maintain and care for the combination motor pumping engine, which is mentioned in the opinion, at the fire station on River Street in the part of the town of Danvers called Danversport, until the town shall vote otherwise. The case was submitted upon the petition and answer and an agreed statement of facts to Braley, J., who at the request of the parties reserved and reported it for determination by the full…
1Opinion of the CourtBraley, J.
The petitioners ask us to decide, whether the board of fire engineers of a town can designate the fire station or engine house at which an engine forming part of the fire apparatus of the town shall be kept, notwithstanding that the vote of the town, when authorizing the purchase of the engine, directed and required that it should be placed and used in a different station or locality.
But this question is not presented by the record. The article in the warrant at. the special town meeting called for consideration of the question, Whether “a combination motor pump, chemical and hose carriage,…
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