Legal Opinion
Berube v. Selectmen of Edgartown
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided January 15, 1958PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCounihan, J.
This is a bill in equity for a declaratory decree, G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 231 A, inserted by St. 1945, c. 582, § 1, to determine the right of the plaintiff to recover indemnification from the town for expenses or damages awarded him by vote of a town meeting pursuant to G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 41, § 100, as amended. 1
In substance this case was earlier before us and is reported in Berube v. Selectmen of Edgartown, 331 Mass. 72. That case involved a petition for a writ of mandamus which was dismissed because certain payments to the plaintiff under an insurance policy provided for in G. L. (Ter. Ed.)…
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- Quinlan v. City of CambridgeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1946
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- Yates v. City of SalemMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1961
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