Legal Opinion
Yates v. City of Salem
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided April 27, 1961PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWilliams, J.
The plaintiff, a regular police officer of Salem, brings this action of contract to recover from the city wages alleged to be due from October 18, 1959, to the date of the writ, December 1, 1959. The case was presented to a judge of the Superior Court on a statement of agreed facts. Therein it appeared that on September 16, 1958, his “day off,” the plaintiff was assigned by his superior officer to perform traffic duty for a private contractor who was engaged in the relocation of the old Salem depot. Although not required to do so, the plaintiff accepted the assignment and was paid by the…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Attorney General v. TillinghastMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1909
- Caissie v. City of CambridgeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1944
- Quinlan v. City of CambridgeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1946
- Berube v. Selectmen of EdgartownMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1958
- Hathaway v. City of EverettMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1910
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3Cited by18 opinions
- Wormstead v. Town Manager of SaugusMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1975
- Jones v. Town of WaylandMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1978
- Luz v. Stop & Shop, Inc. of PeabodyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1964
- Schoenberger v. Chicago Transit AuthorityAppellate Court of Illinois · 1980
- Hall-Omar Baking Co. v. Commissioner of Labor & IndustriesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1962
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