Rutter v. White
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Petitions, filed on June 18, 1909, for writs of mandamus commanding the mayor and aldermen of Lawrence to restore the petitioners to the positions respectively of chief engineer and of a member of the board of engineers of the fire department of Lawrence, and commanding the persons who then held those offices to surrender them. The cases were heard on the petitions and answers and agreed statements of facts by Morton, J., who reserved them for determination by the full court.
1Opinion of the CourtMorton, J.
These are petitions to try the titles to the offices of chief engineer and assistant engineer of the board of *60engineers of the fire department of the city of Lawrence. The cases were reserved on the petitions and answers and agreed facts for the full court.
The fire department of Lawrence was established by St. 1891, c. 276. The first section of the statute provides what the department shall consist of, namely, a chief engineer and two assistant engineers and such number of fire companies as may be designated. By § 2 it is provided that “ The chief engineer shall be appointed by the mayor for…
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