LYNES v. BOARD OF SELECTMEN OF MILTON


346 Mass. 59 (1963)

190 N.E.2d 99

ROBERT J. LYNES vs. BOARD OF SELECTMEN OF MILTON & others.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

May 6, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Willy Nordwind, Jr., for the petitioner.

James J. Kelleher, Assistant Attorney General, for the Director of Civil Service & others.

John J. Murray, Town Counsel, for the Board of Selectmen of Milton.

Present: WILKINS, C.J., SPALDING, CUTTER, KIRK, & SPIEGEL, JJ.


SPALDING, J.

In this petition for mandamus the petitioner seeks to compel the board of selectmen of the town of Milton (board), the Commissioners of Civil Service, and the Director of Civil Service (director) to restore him to his position as permanent patrolman of the town. There being no dispute as to the facts, the case was submitted on the pleadings and documentary evidence. The judge rendered a brief written decision in which, after setting forth his rulings...

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