Legal Opinion
Allen v. City of Cambridge
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided June 2, 1944PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLummus, J.
These cases bring here questions of law arising in a large number of actions of contract brought by members of the police and fire departments of Cambridge, who, having been paid for the first three months of 1942 at the salary rate in force in 1941, claim for that period the increase in their salaries voted by ordinances that the city council purported to enact in December, 1941, and February, 1942. The increase amounts to $200 a year for each man. The defendant city contends that the purported increase was invalid. A judge of a District Court found for the defendant, and reported the cases…
2Cases cited18 opinions
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- Commonwealth v. MannosMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1942
- Moore v. Election CommissionersMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1941
- Flood v. HodgesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1918
- Burnham v. Mayor & Aldermen of BeverlyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1941
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3Cited by17 opinions
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- Gillam v. Board of Health of SaugusMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1951
- James v. Mayor of New BedfordMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1946
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