City of Waltham v. City of Newton

This action of contract comes before us on the report of the judge who heard the case on a statement of agreed facts and ordered that judgment be entered for the plaintiff in the sum of $2,178.12 with interest from the date of the writ, and without costs.

The only issues raised by the defendant are, first, whether one John A. Chisholm was entitled to soldiers’ relief and, second, whether, if he was so entitled, the fact that the plain*60tiff “granted him aid from its welfare fund operated to prevent him from gaining a settlement in Waltham.” For the purposes of the case, since the result will be…