Ellis v. Members of Civil Service Commission
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Petition, filed on September 29, 1917, for a writ of mandamus addressed to the members of the civil service commission commanding them to authorize the petitioner’s appointment as the head of the police department of the city of Cambridge and the payment to him of the salary therefor, and to recognize the petitioner’s appointment to that office as being legal and not in violation of the civil service laws and the rules made thereunder.
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Petition, filed on September 29, 1917, for a writ of mandamus addressed to the members of the civil service commission commanding them to authorize the petitioner’s appointment as the head of the police department of the city of Cambridge and the payment to him of the salary therefor, and to recognize the petitioner’s appointment to that office as being legal and not in violation of the civil service laws and the rules made thereunder. The case was heard by Crosby, J. The petitioner asked the single justice to make the following rulings: “1. Upon all the evidence and agreed facts the…
1Opinion of the CourtPierce, J.
This is a petition for a writ of mandamus, brought in the Supreme Judicial Court for the county of Suffolk under R. L. c. 19, § 34, as amended by St. 1910, c. 359, to compel the respondents, as they are civil service commissioners for the Commonwealth, to authorize the appointment of the petitioner as head of the police department of the city of Cambridge and the payment of compensation therefor, and to recognize the appointment of the petitioner to said office as legal and not in violation of the civil service laws or any rule or rules made thereunder.
The first contention of the petitioner…
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