Legal Opinion
Barnard v. City of Lynn
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided July 3, 1936PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLummus, J.
The eleven plaintiffs are laborers employed by the city of Lynn in its refuse and garbage department. All are in the classified civil service under G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 31. By ordinance each is entitled to receive seventy cents an hour, or $30.80 a week. The economic situation of the city led to the adoption of a budget appropriating to each department for the year 1932 a sum sufficient to pay nine tenths of the salaries and wages in the department. No reduction in salaries or wages was made. Instead, each officer and employee was asked to relinquish to the city one tenth of his compensation,…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Ransom v. City of BostonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1906
- Campbell v. City of BostonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1935
- Peckham v. Mayor of Fall RiverMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1925
- Garvey v. City of LowellMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1908
- Selectmen of Milton v. Justice of the District CourtMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1934
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3Cited by30 opinions
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- Lowry v. Commissioner of AgricultureMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1939
- Rock v. City of PittsfieldMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1944
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