Mayor of Cambridge v. City of Cambridge
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Contract by Wendell D. Rockwood, who on December 21, 1915, was elected mayor of Cambridge for a term of two years from the first Monday of January, 1916, for $5,000, alleged to be the amount of his salary from January 3, 1916, to January 1, 1917. In the Superior Court the case was submitted to Fox, J., upon an agreed statement of facts, of which the substance is stated in the opinion.
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Contract by Wendell D. Rockwood, who on December 21, 1915, was elected mayor of Cambridge for a term of two years from the first Monday of January, 1916, for $5,000, alleged to be the amount of his salary from January 3, 1916, to January 1, 1917. In the Superior Court the case was submitted to Fox, J., upon an agreed statement of facts, of which the substance is stated in the opinion. The judge found the facts to be as stated in the agreed statement of facts and reported the case for determination by this court, such judgment to be entered as should be in accord with such determination. St.…
1Opinion of the CourtLoring, J.
In November, 1915, the defendant city adopted the second of the four charters which the several cities of the Commonwealth (outside of Boston) by force of St. 1915, c. 267, were given permission to adopt, called in the statute Plan B. In December, 1915, the plaintiff was elected and on the first Monday of January, 1916, he qualified as mayor under the new charter. Acting under § 7 of the new charter (St. 1915, c. 267, Part III) the new city council on March 21, 1916, adopted an ordinance determining that the salary of the mayor should be $5,000 a year and that it should begin on the first…
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