DOS SANTOS v. PEABODY


327 Mass. 519 (1951)

99 N.E.2d 852

FRANK DOS SANTOS vs. CITY OF PEABODY.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Essex.

June 27, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J.A. Liacos, for the plaintiff.

G. Ankeles, City Solicitor, for the defendant, submitted a brief.

Present: QUA, C.J., LUMMUS, RONAN, SPALDING, & COUNIHAN, JJ.


COUNIHAN, J.

This is an action of contract to recover for breach of an alleged written contract. The answer of the city, among other defences, sets up illegality of the contract. The contract dated June 25, 1945, purported to be one for the collection of garbage in three wards of the city for a period of three years for which the plaintiff was to receive $35 a week. There was an option for renewal not here material. The contract was signed by the plaintiff and on...

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