Board of Selectmen of Avon v. Linder

This bill for a declaratory decree under Gr. L. c. 231A arises from a controversy between the plain tiff board of selectmen of Avon and the defendant" Linder, one of its three members, as to whether he, while a selectman, can properly act as a paid newspaper correspondent reporting the plaintiff board’s meetings and deliberations. A' judge in the Superior Court reported the case without decision on the defendant’s demurrer and on agreed-facts. We overrule the demurrer and pass directly to consider the merits. See Travers v. Grossman, ante, 182, 185, and cases cited.

The defendant has made an…