Thomas v. Municipal Council
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Petitions, filed in the Supreme Judicial Court, the first and second on January 17 and the third on January 19, 1917, against the mayor and four aldermen who, by St. 1911, c. 645, § 1, constitute the municipal council of Lowell, in whom are vested the government of the city and the general management and control of all its affairs, seeking writs of mandamus directing a reinstatement of the petitioners in their respective offices of superintendent of waterworks, purchasing…
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Petitions, filed in the Supreme Judicial Court, the first and second on January 17 and the third on January 19, 1917, against the mayor and four aldermen who, by St. 1911, c. 645, § 1, constitute the municipal council of Lowell, in whom are vested the government of the city and the general management and control of all its affairs, seeking writs of mandamus directing a reinstatement of the petitioners in their respective offices of superintendent of waterworks, purchasing agent, and treasurer and collector of taxes. The cases were heard together, upon the petitions and answers and upon an…
1Opinion of the CourtCrosby, J.
These are three petitions for writs of mandamus, brought against the mayor and all the other four members of the municipal council of the city of Lowell, for the purpose of securing the reinstatement of the petitioners in their respective offices as superintendent of waterworks, purchasing agent, and treasurer and collector of taxes, of that city. The petitions were heard upon the pleadings and agreement of the parties by a single justice, who made certain rulings, ordered that a writ should issue in each case as prayed for, and reported the cases to’this court.
*118By virtue of St. 1911, c. 645,…
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