FAXON v. SCHOOL COMMITTEE OF BOSTON


331 Mass. 531 (1954)

120 N.E.2d 772

GEORGE R. FAXON vs. SCHOOL COMMITTEE OF BOSTON.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

July 1, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Oliver S. Allen, (Lawrence D. Shubow with him,) for the petitioner.

William H. Kerr, (William L. Baxter, Corporation Counsel, with him,) for the respondents.

Howard S. Whiteside, by leave of court, submitted a brief as amicus curiae.

Present: QUA, C.J., LUMMUS, RONAN, WILLIAMS, & COUNIHAN, JJ.


QUA, C.J.

The petitioner seeks reinstatement by writ of mandamus to his position as a master in the Boston Latin School, from which he was dismissed by order of the respondents on June 22, 1953. The facts are fully set forth in the petition, all of the allegations of which are admitted by the answer. The parties have stipulated that the merits of the cause may be adjudicated upon the petition and the answer.

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