Costello v. Inhabitants of North Easton Village District
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Contract against an incorporated district described below for compensation for services as watchman and police officer from June 18 to October 1, 1908. Writ dated October 8. 1908. On appeal to the Superior ,Court, the case was heard by Stevens, J., without a jury, upon an agreed statement of facts. It appeared from the agreed facts that the defendant was an incorporated district in the town of Easton.
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Contract against an incorporated district described below for compensation for services as watchman and police officer from June 18 to October 1, 1908. Writ dated October 8. 1908. On appeal to the Superior ,Court, the case was heard by Stevens, J., without a jury, upon an agreed statement of facts. It appeared from the agreed facts that the defendant was an incorporated district in the town of Easton. It was a watch district and an improvement district by virtue of the general laws in force in 1873, when the district was first established, and a water district and fire district by virtue of…
1Opinion of the CourtHammond, J.
The defendant was a watch district and improvement district by virt~ue of the general laws in force in 1873, *57when the district was first established, and a water and fire district by virtue of the provisions of St. 1887, c. 169. The defendant contends that the vote of June 11,1908, was of no force and effect; and one of the grounds upon which the contention is based is that there was no appropriation out of which the plaintiff could be paid.
A watch district is established “ for the protection of property against fire, thieves and robbers, and for keeping the streets quiet in the night time.”…
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