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· 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

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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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