Doten v. City of Brockton

These are two actions of contract to recover compensation for services alleged to have been performed as overtime between October 17, 1947, and November 10, 1949. Both cases were submitted on agreed facts. Except for a slight difference in the number of hours of overtime worked by each plaintiff the facts in both cases are the same. There was a finding for the defendant in each case which we treat as an order for judgment. Reports to the Appellate Division were dismissed, and the plaintiffs appealed.

On October 17, 1947, the defendant accepted G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 149, § 33A, inserted by St.…