Kearns v. Nute

Since the parties desire the question of the authority of the defendant finance commission settled, the propriety of “the form of the remedy has not been considered. Apart from the possibility of a veto by the commission, the board of registrars had authority to grant pensions. This was given by section 1 of chapter 224 of the Laws of 1923, which is as follows: “Employees of the city of Manchester not already embraced in existing pension laws may be granted pensions as follows: The board, commission or person in control of any department of the city, or their successors in office, by vote of…