Legal Opinion
Cullen v. Mayor of Newton
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided April 4, 1941PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtRonan, J.
This is a petition for a writ of mandamus to compel the mayor and chief of police of Newton to reinstate the petitioner as sergeant-mechanic in the police department *579of that city. The petitioner had held this position (which is classified under the civil service rules) from shortly after it was created by ordinance in 1929 until July 1, 1939, when, as a result of an amendment to this ordinance eliminating among the positions in the police department “one sergeant-mechanic,” effective on July 1, 1939, the petitioner was notified by the chief of police that he was no longer a member of the…
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