Elliott v. Fire Commissioner

This is a petition for a writ of mandamus to compel the respondent to retire the petitioner on a pension, under St. 1913, c. 800. The first section of the statute reads: “ Any member of the fire department of the City of Boston who has performed service in that department for a period of not less than twenty-five years and who has reached the age of fifty-five years shall, upon his own petition to the fire commissioner, be retired and placed upon the pension roll.” The petitioner was duly appointed a blacksmith’s helper in the repair division or repair shop branch of the fire department in…