Williams v. City of New Bedford

This is an action of contract in which the plaintiff seeks to recover three weeks’ pay alleged to be due him from the defendant as its city engineer. The case was heard on a "Statement of Agreed Facts.” The judge "found” for the defendant and the case comes before us on the plaintiff’s appeal. See G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 231, §96.

On September 9, 1937, at a convention held by the city council of the defendant to elect and appoint city officers, under an ordinance providing that a convention be held on the second Thursday in April of each year to elect and appoint city officers including a city…