Galligan v. Leonard
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Petition, filed on April 16, 1909, by a member of the fire department of the city of Taunton, for a writ of mandamus addressed to the chief of the fire department of that city, commanding him to place the petitioner’s name on the pay roll of the department at the rate of compensation provided by an alleged ordinance of that city, the enactment of which was denied by the respondent.
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Petition, filed on April 16, 1909, by a member of the fire department of the city of Taunton, for a writ of mandamus addressed to the chief of the fire department of that city, commanding him to place the petitioner’s name on the pay roll of the department at the rate of compensation provided by an alleged ordinance of that city, the enactment of which was denied by the respondent. The case came on to be heard upon the pleadings and an agreed statement of facts by Braley, J., who ruled as matter of law that the petition could not be maintained, and ordered that the petition be dismissed with…
1Opinion of the CourtPugg, J.
This is a petition for a writ of mandamus brought by a member of the fire department of the city of Taunton to compel the chief of that department to make up its pay roll in accordance with the terms of an ordinance fixing the pay of members of the fire department. The validity of this ordinance is attacked. The decision of that question depends upon these facts: the city council of the city of Taunton passed the ordinance on December 31, 1908; it was presented to the mayor on January 2,1909, who neither approved nor returned it with his written objections to the city council, and on January…
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