Minnie v. City of Chicopee

Members of the police department of Chicopee seek declaratory relief to determine whether they are entitled to additional compensation because of action by the board of aldermen (the board) in November and December, 1959, with respect to the acceptance by Chicopee of G. L. c. 41, § 108E (inserted by St. 1959, c. 228). The case is now before us 2 upon the pleadings, a statement of agreed facts, and two sets of supplemental findings. The case has been reported without decision. We examine the contentions of the parties which remain open upon the present record. 3

1. On April 20, 1962, this case…