Legal Opinion
Farrell v. Mayor of Revere
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided June 3, 1940PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtQua, J.
The purpose of this petition is to review the action of the mayor on June 1, 1939, purporting to remove the petitioner from the office of auditor of the city under the authority of § 31 of the city charter (St. 1914, c. 687).
Section 31 reads as follows; “The mayor may, in writing, suspend any executive or appointive officer or any public work, and in such case he shall at once report his action and his reasons therefor to the council. The suspension of any such officer shall, in fifteen days after such report is made, be a removal, unless within that time he asks for a hearing before the…
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- Morley v. Police CommissionerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1927
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