Attorney General v. Trehy
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Information in the nature of a quo warranta by the Attornev General at the relation of the civil service commissioners against one John W. Trehy, whom the overseers of the poor of the city of Chicopee appointed almoner without making requisition upon the relators for the names of eligible persons as required by their rules, filed as amended November 23, 1900. The answer among other matters alleged that the duties of the respondent as city almoner are prescribed and set forth…
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Information in the nature of a quo warranta by the Attornev General at the relation of the civil service commissioners against one John W. Trehy, whom the overseers of the poor of the city of Chicopee appointed almoner without making requisition upon the relators for the names of eligible persons as required by their rules, filed as amended November 23, 1900. The answer among other matters alleged that the duties of the respondent as city almoner are prescribed and set forth in the Revised Ordinances of 1898 of the city of Chicopee, a copy of which, so far as they relate to such duties, was…
1Opinion of the CourtBarker, J.
This information, in the nature of quo warranta, is brought under St. 1899, c. 376, at the relation of the civil-service commissioners, to try the respondent’s title to the office of city almoner of Chicopee, an office created by the charter of the city. A vacancy existing in the office, the respondent was appointed to fill it from May 1, 1900, by the board of overseers of *188the poor of the city, without making a requisition upon the civil service commissioners for the names of eligible persons.
Our statute requires the commissioners to prepare rules “ for the selection of persons to fill…
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