Legal Opinion
Furlong v. Ayers
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided March 26, 1940PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLummus, J.
This is a petition for a writ of mandamus to try the title of the petitioner to the office of supervisor of old age assistance in the city of Newburyport, which is *456claimed by the respondent Elizabeth Ayers. Ferrante v. Higgiston, 296 Mass. 208.
St. 1936, c. 436, struck out G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 118A, and substituted a new chapter bearing the same number. Section 2 of the new chapter provided that “each [local] board of public welfare shall, for the purpose of granting adequate assistance and service to . . . aged persons, establish a division thereof to be designated as the bureau of old age…
2Cases cited20 opinions
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Commonwealth v. DoweMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1943
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