Stiles v. Municipal Council
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Two actions of tort against three of the five members of the municipal council of the city of Lowell for damages suffered by the plaintiff when he was wrongfully removed from the office of city treasurer and collector of taxes, the first time being on January 8, and the second being on February 20 and March 6, 1917. Writs dated June 23, 1917, and January 5, 1918. In the Superior Court the actions were tried together before J. F. Brown, J. It appeared that on the occasion of…
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Two actions of tort against three of the five members of the municipal council of the city of Lowell for damages suffered by the plaintiff when he was wrongfully removed from the office of city treasurer and collector of taxes, the first time being on January 8, and the second being on February 20 and March 6, 1917. Writs dated June 23, 1917, and January 5, 1918. In the Superior Court the actions were tried together before J. F. Brown, J. It appeared that on the occasion of the vote of the municipal council of the city of Lowell, which removed the plaintiff on January 8, 1917, the three…
1Opinion of the CourtRugg, C. J.
These aré two actions of tort brought to recover damages for two attempted removals of the plaintiff, the first in January, 1917, and the second in February and March, 1917, from the office of city treasurer and collector of taxes of the city of Lowell. The defendants on those dates were three of the five members constituting the municipal council of Lowell. The municipal council of Lowell was clothed with authority to remove the city treasurer from office for such cause as it deemed sufficient, provided it proceeded in accordance with the law regulating the civil service. St. 1911, c. 645, §…
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