Ransom v. Mayor of Boston
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Petition, filed July 6, 1905, and amended July 24, 1906, for a writ of mandamus addressed to the mayor and the superintendent of public grounds of the city of Boston, ordering them to reinstate the petitioner in his employment as a laborer in the public grounds department of that city.
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Petition, filed July 6, 1905, and amended July 24, 1906, for a writ of mandamus addressed to the mayor and the superintendent of public grounds of the city of Boston, ordering them to reinstate the petitioner in his employment as a laborer in the public grounds department of that city. The case was heard by Loring, J. The petitioner made an offer of proof tending to show that he was a veteran within the meaning of the civil service laws; that he had been employed as a laborer in the public grounds department and subsequently was discharged without a hearing; and that he was refused further…
1Opinion of the CourtSheldon, J.
Upon the petitioner’s offer of proof, he had a right to employment by the city of Boston, so long as he was able to do the work for which he was employed and the occasion for that work continued. R. L. c. 19, §§ 23, 24. The rules established by the civil service commissioners under the latter section, so far as they bear upon this question, are referred to in Ransom v. Boston, 192 Mass. 299, in which the rights of this petitioner to recover wages were considered..But it is contended by the respondent that the petitioner is not entitled to enforce this right by mandamus to compel the…
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