# Sims v. Mayor of Boston

> Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · April 3, 1906 · 191 Mass. 382

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/6429375

## Case

- **Full name:** William A. Sims v. Mayor of the City of Boston
- **Court:** Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
- **Decided:** April 3, 1906
- **Citations:** 191 Mass. 382; 77 N.E. 714; 1906 Mass. LEXIS 1285
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Opinion of the court by Loring
- **Judges:** Loring
- **Cited by:** 0 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

Loring, J.
The contention of the petitioner is that until a hearing has been had under R. L. c. 19, § 23, he is de jure the janitor of police station No. 5, and is entitled to a writ of mandamus directing his reinstatement.
Such a writ should be brought against the police board, to whom the control of police stations is given by St. 1885, c. 323, § 4, and whose duty it would be to reinstate the petitioner if his contention is right. See in this connection Ham v. Boston Board of Police, 142 Mass. 90 .
Petition dismissed.

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