Tuttle v. City of Boston
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Contract for an instalment of pension alleged to be due to the plaintiff under the provisions of St. 1912, c. 723, upon her retirement under the conditions set forth in that statute from the office of assistant probation officer of the Municipal Court of the City of Boston. Writ dated November 2, 1912. In the Superior Court the case was heard by Dubuque, J., upon an agreed statement of facts. The material facts are stated in the opinion.
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Contract for an instalment of pension alleged to be due to the plaintiff under the provisions of St. 1912, c. 723, upon her retirement under the conditions set forth in that statute from the office of assistant probation officer of the Municipal Court of the City of Boston. Writ dated November 2, 1912. In the Superior Court the case was heard by Dubuque, J., upon an agreed statement of facts. The material facts are stated in the opinion. The judge found the facts as stated in the agreed statement and reported the case for determination by this court.
1Opinion of the CourtRugg, C. J.
This is an action of contract to recover an instalment of pension alleged to be due under St. 1912, c. 723. All the requirements of that act have been complied with. The single question is whether this statute was passed and became a law of the Commonwealth or was vetoed by the Governor.
In the official edition of the Acts and Resolves for 1912 (see R. L. c. 9, § 1), which is the evidence of the laws enacted during that *58year (R. L. c. 175, § 73) is found a note by the Secretary of the Commonwealth, from which it appears that this bill (with another bill and resolve on the same footing)…
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