Parks v. Inhabitants of Waltham
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Contract to recover $400 for services rendered the defendant town as chief engineer of the fire department, for the year ending April 30, 1874. Trial in the Superior Court, before Brigham, C. J., who ruled that the plaintiff could not maintain his action, and allowed a bill of exceptions, the substance of which appears in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtMorton, J.
This suit is brought by the plaintiff to recover compensation for his services as chief engineer of the fire department of the town of Waltham for the year ending April 30, 1874. It is admitted that he was duly appointed chief engineer, and performed services in that capacity during the said year, and the question is whether the evidence shows any contract by the town to pay for such services which the plaintiff can enforce.
It appeared at the trial that the defendant’s fire department was organized in 1844, and that since then the defendant has paid the engineers for their services out of…
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