Legal Opinion
Lowry v. Commissioner of Agriculture
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided January 9, 1939PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtField, C.J.
This is a petition for a writ of mandamus, brought October 8, 1937, to compel the respondent, the present incumbent of the office of commissioner of agriculture, to restore the petitioner to his former position as assistant director of the division of plant pest control in. the department of agriculture “without loss of compensation.” It was heard by a single justice of this court, who, at the request of the parties, reported the case, without decision, upon the petition and amended answer, for the determination of the full court. See G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 211, §6; c. 231, § 111; Campbell v.…
2Cases cited35 opinions
- Stiles v. Municipal CouncilMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1919
- Cochran v. RoemerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1934
- Brown v. RobinsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1931
- Peckham v. Mayor of Fall RiverMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1925
- Garvey v. City of LowellMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1908
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3Cited by36 opinions
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- Moran v. School CommitteeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1945
- Sullivan v. Municipal Court of the Roxbury DistrictMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1948
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- Daley v. District Court of Western HampdenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1939
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