· 5/18/1894
Pettingell v. City of Chelsea
Citations
- 161 Mass. 368
- 24 L.R.A. 426
- 37 N.E. 380
- 1894 Mass. LEXIS 197
How courts have described this case
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- holding that the acts of de facto officers are valid and effectual while they are permitted to retain the office, as though they were officers by right, and such actions cannot be questioned collaterally
- holding that the acts of de facto officers are valid and effectual while they are permitted to retain the office, as though they were officers by right, and such actions cannot be questioned collaterally
- holding that the acts of de facto officers are valid and effectual while they are permitted to retain the office, as though they were officers by right, and such actions cannot be questioned collaterally
- holding that the acts of de facto officers are valid and effectual while they are permitted to retain the office, as though they were officers by right, and such actions cannot be questioned collaterally
- holding that the acts of de facto officers are valid and effectual while they are permitted to retain the office, as though they were officers by right, and such actions cannot be questioned collaterally
- Acts of de facto Workers' Compensation commissioners were valid
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