Burnside v. Bristol County Board of Retirement

This is a bill to enjoin the defendant from terminating the plaintiff’s employment. The case was heard on a statement of agreed facts. A final decree was entered dismissing the bill from which the plaintiff appealed.

The plaintiff was born on June 25, 1894, and was appointed a deputy sheriff on January 4,1939, for a period of six years. He was reappointed to that position every six years until May 4, 1961, at which time he was appointed a *482court officer effective May 8, 1961, under Gr. L. c. 221, § 70, as amended by St. 1960, c. 719. As deputy sheriff “he was assigned on various days ... to…