A'Hearne v. City of Chelsea

In this action of contract thirteen teachers in the public schools in the city of Chelsea seek to recover for loss of salary resulting from their reclassification by the school committee. The judge of the Superior Court sitting without, a jury made a finding for the defendant, and filed a “memorandum of law in connection with . . . [his] finding.” The case, is here on exceptions to the “rulings and finding” of the judge.

The action was tried on a statement of agreed facts. In 1947 the committee established salary schedules differentiating between the teachers not having a bachelor’s degree;…