Legal Opinion
Davis v. School Committee
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided November 25, 1940PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDonahue, J.
The petitioner seeks the issuance of a writ of mandamus to restore her to active service as a teacher in the public schools of the city of Somerville. The respondents are the school committee of that city. The case was heard by a single justice of this court on the petition *355and an answer in the nature of a demurrer which admitted the material allegations of fact contained in the petition and asserted that the facts appearing in the petition were not sufficient to warrant the issuance of a writ of mandamus. The single justice, without making a decision, reported the case for the determination…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Leonard v. School Committee of the City of SpringfieldMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1922
- Armburg v. Boston & Maine RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1931
- Rinaldo v. School Committee of RevereMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1936
- McDevitt v. School CommitteeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1937
- Sheldon v. School CommitteeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1931
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3Cited by44 opinions
- Commonwealth v. BakerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1975
- School Committee of West Springfield v. KorbutMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1977
- School Committee of Danvers v. TymanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1977
- Richard D. Kimball Co. v. City of MedfordMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1960
- MacKenzie v. School Committee of IpswichMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1961
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