Legal Opinion
McCarthy v. City of Malden
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided July 7, 1939PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCox, J.
The plaintiff has been elected annually since 1921 by the defendant’s board of park commissioners as its clerk, and has held that position continuously since first elected. In September, 1928, her salary was fixed by the board at $500 “retroactive,” and she was paid her salary regularly at the rate of $500 per year except for 1931 and 1932. There was no evidence of any vote of the board as to the plaintiff’s salary subsequent to September 25, 1928, and prior to January 30, 1933. In the budget submitted for the years 1931 and 1932, the defendant’s mayor, for the first time, specifically…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Decatur v. Auditor of PeabodyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1925
- Flood v. HodgesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1918
- McHenry v. City of LawrenceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1936
- Continental Construction Co. v. City of LawrenceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1937
- Opinion of the Justices to the House of RepresentativesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1928
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3Cited by30 opinions
- Boston Teachers Union v. School CommitteeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1982
- Callahan v. City of WoburnMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1940
- City of Marlborough v. Cybulski, Ohnemus & Associates, Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1976
- Duff v. Town of SouthbridgeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1950
- Baker v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1942
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