Connors v. City of Medford

This is an action of contract by an assessor of taxes, who serves part time, for an alleged deficiency in salary payments made to him by the defendant city between March 2, 1952, and December 8, 1954. The plaintiff was actually paid $59.64 a week but, under the applicable ordinance, contends that he should have been paid an additional $28.63 a week. The case was referred to an auditor whose findings of fact were to be final. The judge ordered judgment for the plaintiff, for the amount claimed, on the auditor’s report, and the defendant appealed.

The plaintiff has been an assessor since March,…