Litchfield v. Retirement Board

The plaintiffs are court officers of the Superior Court in Middlesex County. They were appointed under the provisions of G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 221, § 70, and predecessor statutes. The defendants are the members of the retirement board of that county under G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 32, § 25F, inserted by St. 1936, c. 400, § 1, and the defendant Howard is also the treasurer of the county.

*474The issue is whether by the force of applicable statutes the plaintiffs have become members of the retirement system or systems now operative in that county (see G. L. [Ter. Ed.] c. 32, § 251, inserted by St. 1936, c.…