Phillips v. City of Boston
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Contract to recover salary, as a police officer of the city of Boston, from October 21, 1878, to July 16, 1888. Writ dated August 2,1888. The case was submitted to the Superior Court, and, after judgment for the defendant, to this court, on appeal, upon agreed facts, which appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtDevens, J.
The plaintiff was duly appointed by the mayor and aldermen of Boston a police officer of the city, and was duly sworn and qualified on June 21,1871, and thereafter performed the duties of such office until October 21,1878. On October 11, 1878, he received a request in writing for his resignation, in view of the reorganization of the police department, to take effect on October 21, to which he replied, desiring to know the cause of *492the request, remonstrating against the same, desiring to know what charges had been preferred against him, and, if any, asking a hearing. On October 19, by a vote…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Ham v. Board of PoliceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1886
- O'Dowd v. City of BostonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1889
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- Huntoon v. City of QuincyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1965
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