LAVELLE v. BEVERLY


330 Mass. 72 (1953)

111 N.E.2d 687

THOMAS D. LAVELLE vs. CITY OF BEVERLY.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

April 1, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Matthew S. Heaphy, City Solicitor, for the defendant.

Thomas D. Lavelle, pro se.

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


QUA, C.J.

This is a bill for a declaratory decree as to the right of the plaintiff and the duty of the city under St. 1951, c. 187, relative to the payment by the city for legal services rendered by the plaintiff, an attorney at law.

The plaintiff was employed, or purportedly employed, by the mayor of the city (the city solicitor being ill) to prosecute before the civil service commission and in the courts charges...

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