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WELCH v. MAYOR OF TAUNTON

343 Mass. 485 (1962)

179 N.E.2d 890

MICHAEL J. WELCH vs. MAYOR OF TAUNTON.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Bristol.

January 24, 1962.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Philip M. Cronin, for the plaintiff.

Joseph C. Duggan, Special Assistant to the City Solicitor, (Philip J. Assiran, City Solicitor, with him,) for the defendant, submitted a brief.

Present: WILKINS, C.J., WILLIAMS, WHITTEMORE, CUTTER, & SPIEGEL, JJ.

WHITTEMORE, J.

This bill in equity for a declaratory decree, brought by a member of the Municipal Light Commission of Taunton (the commission), comes here on report of a judge in the Superior Court without decision.

1. We are asked to determine whether G.L.c. 164, § 56E, inserted by St. 1960, c. 643 (effective December 7, 1960), empowers the mayor of Taunton to remove members of the commission, appointed by a former mayor, for a cause, stated in the statute...

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