SCHOOL COMMITTEE OF SALEM v. GAVIN


333 Mass. 632 (1956)

132 N.E.2d 396

SCHOOL COMMITTEE OF SALEM vs. DAVID R. GAVIN.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Essex.

March 2, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A. Kenneth Carey, for the defendant, submitted a brief.

No argument no brief for the plaintiffs.

Present: QUA, C.J., WILKINS, SPALDING, WILLIAMS, & WHITTEMORE, JJ.


SPALDING, J.

The plaintiffs are the duly elected school committee of the city of Salem. On January 15, 1953, the committee, by a four to three vote, elected the defendant to the position of coach of football at the Salem Classical and High School. On February 10, 1953, a majority of the committee voted that the defendant be given a three year contract as coach at a salary of $2,500 a season with the right, at the defendant's option, of renewing the contract for an...

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