Attorney General v. Tillinghast
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Information in .the nature of quo warranta, filed in the Superior Court for the county of Bristol on April 15, 1909, by the Attorney General, at the relation of the civil service commissioners, to determine by what right Edward L. Tillinghast, junior, held the position or employment of assistant city auditor of the city of New Bedford.
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Information in .the nature of quo warranta, filed in the Superior Court for the county of Bristol on April 15, 1909, by the Attorney General, at the relation of the civil service commissioners, to determine by what right Edward L. Tillinghast, junior, held the position or employment of assistant city auditor of the city of New Bedford. The answer of the defendant set forth the creation and character of the office of assistant city auditor of the city of New Bedford and the manner of the defendant’s appointment to that office, as stated in the opinion. The Attorney General demurred to the…
1Opinion of the CourtSheldon, J.
The fundamental question in this case • is whether the position of assistant city auditor in New Bed-ford is within the civil service rules, R. L. c. 19, and the statutes passed in amendment and addition thereto. The seventh *541rule of the civil service commissioners, prepared and in force under §§ 6 and 7 of that statute, includes among the positions to be filled in accordance therewith, “ cashiers, paymasters, accountants, auditors, examiners of accounts, bookkeepers, and persons doing similar work in the service of the Commonwealth and of any city thereof. ” But the statute expressly provides…
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