Simmons v. County of Suffolk
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Contract for a balance alleged to be due to the plaintiff by reason of an increase of his salary as assistant clerk of the Municipal Court of the Dorchester District caused by the acceptance of the provisions of St. 1917, c. 340, by the mayor and city council of Boston. Writ dated September 12, 1917. The action was heard by Aiken, C. J., upon an agreed statement of facts.
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Contract for a balance alleged to be due to the plaintiff by reason of an increase of his salary as assistant clerk of the Municipal Court of the Dorchester District caused by the acceptance of the provisions of St. 1917, c. 340, by the mayor and city council of Boston. Writ dated September 12, 1917. The action was heard by Aiken, C. J., upon an agreed statement of facts. The Chief Justice found for the plaintiff in the sum of S75.84 and reported the case for determination by this court. The case was submitted on briefs at the sitting of the court in February, 1918, and afterwards was…
1Opinion of the CourtPierce, J.
The plaintiff is now, and has been from a time before June 12, 1917, a duly appointed assistant clerk of the Municipal Court of the Dorchester District, and as such clerk has held the office and performed the duties of an assistant clerk of that court. Clerks and assistant clerks of police, district and municipal courts, other than the Municipal Court of the City of Boston, since St. 1904, c. 453, as amended by St. 1910, c. 501, have received salaries which under the statute of 1904 were determined by a percentage of the salary of the justice of their several courts, “the salaries of the…
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