Selectmen of West Springfield v. Hoar

These two bills for declaratory decrees, both brought in the Superior Court by the selectmen of West Springfield as “the appropriate public authority” referred to in G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 32, § 89A, inserted by St. 1948, c. 552, and now most recently amended by St. 1952, c. 431, § 4, present the question whether the presumption defined in G. L. (Ter. Ed.) e. 32, § 94, added by St. 1950, c. 551, and as now appearing in St. 1951, c. 594, applies in instances where an annuity is claimed under § 89A by the *258widow of a police officer who died of heart disease. Each defendant is the widow of such a…