Legal Opinion
Nichols v. Dacey
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided January 2, 1953PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtQua, C.J.
The error asserted is the refusal of the single justice to issue an order of notice upon this petition for a writ of mandamus. This question can be presented by bill of exceptions. G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 231, § 113, as amended by St. 1945, c. 328.
Omitting allegations of law and allegations as to the appointment and report of a special investigating committee of the Senate, which have no proper place in the petition, the case presented by the petition is in substance this: The petitioner is a citizen of the Commonwealth interested in the execution of the laws, and files this petition in behalf of…
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- Scudder v. Selectmen of SandwichMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1941
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- Nason v. Commissioner of Mental HealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1966
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