Legal Opinion
McNeil v. Mayor of Peabody
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided June 28, 1937PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtRugg, C.J.
This is a petition for a writ of mandamus. It was filed on October 16, 1935. The petitioner seeks to be restored to a civil service position in the employ of the city of Peabody from which he alleges he has been illegally removed. The respondents are the mayor and the members of the city council of the city of Peabody. The case was referred to an auditor, whose findings of fact were by agreement of parties to be final. There were no exceptions to the auditor’s report and no motion to recommit. The case was then heard upon the auditor’s report before a single justice, who ordered that…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Crocker v. Justices of the Superior CourtMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1911
- Attorney General v. City of BostonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1877
- Decatur v. Auditor of PeabodyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1925
- Clarke v. City of Fall RiverMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1914
- Peckham v. Mayor of Fall RiverMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1925
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3Cited by30 opinions
- City of Gloucester v. Civil Service CommissionMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1990
- McCarthy v. Sheriff of Suffolk CountyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1975
- Cullen v. Mayor of NewtonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1941
- Debnam v. Town of BelmontMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1983
- Commonwealth v. KimballMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1938
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