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BLATCHFORD v. MAYOR & ALDERMEN OF GLOUCESTER

331 Mass. 6 (1954)

116 N.E.2d 695

ROGER BLATCHFORD vs. MAYOR AND ALDERMEN OF GLOUCESTER.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Essex.

January 4, 1954.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis Albert, for the petitioner.

Carlton W. Wonson, City Solicitor, & Leo Schwartz, for the respondents.

Present: QUA, C.J., WILKINS, SPALDING, WILLIAMS, & COUNIHAN, JJ.

COUNIHAN, J.

This is a petition for a writ of mandamus against the mayor and aldermen of the city of Gloucester, as they constitute the municipal council thereof, by a police officer of the city. It challenges the appointment of one Arthur Jacobson as a police sergeant.

A demurrer was sustained, and the petitioner appeals. G.L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 231, § 96. There was no error.

The petition sets out in effect that on June 11, 1952, the respondents made...

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