Washington v. City of Boston

The city of Boston (city) is the defendant in an action of contract and in a bill for declaratory relief. In the Superior Court the two proceedings were consolidated, reduced to a single case stated, and reported to us without decision. G. L. c. 231, § 126.

The resolution of one question is determinative of both proceedings. The question presented is whether the plaintiffs who are classified under G. L. c. 31, § 2A (b), as fire apparatus repairmen, motor equipment repairmen, and a carpenter in the maintenance division of the fire department of the city come within the provisions of St. 1958,…