Kennedy v. City of Holyoke

Ten taxable inhabitants of Holyoke bring this petition under G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 40, § 53, to prevent the payment by the city to the respondent Stone, a veteran of the first World War who had been in the service of the city for a period of over ten years as assistant clerk of its board of public works, of a retirement allowance of one half of his former compensation upon his purported retirement by the mayor as the “retiring authority” on July 7, 1939, “effective July 10, 1939,” under the provisions of G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 32, § 57. See also §§ 59, 60. The petitioners contend that Stone’s…