Legal Opinion
McHenry v. City of Lawrence
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided July 2, 1936PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLummus, J.
The plaintiffs claim to be members respectively of the permanent force of the fire department and the permanent force of the police department of the city of Lawrence. The compensation of each member, as fixed by the city council, is $42 a week. Both plaintiffs, prior to January 13, 1935, were members of the reserve force in their respective departments. On that day, by appointment of the director of public safety of the city of Lawrence, the head of both departments (Smith v. Director of Department of Public Safety of Lawrence, 290 Mass. 307), eight reserve firemen and fifteen reserve police…
2Cases cited21 opinions
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3Cited by31 opinions
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