BLOMQUIST v. ARLINGTON


338 Mass. 594 (1959)

156 N.E.2d 416

ROBERT C. BLOMQUIST & others vs. TOWN OF ARLINGTON.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Middlesex.

February 27, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harold E. Magnuson, for the plaintiffs.

Joseph A. Purcell, Town Counsel, for the defendant.

Present: WILKINS, C.J., RONAN, WILLIAMS, COUNIHAN, & WHITTEMORE, JJ.


WILKINS, C.J.

This bill in equity under G.L.c. 231A seeks a binding declaration as to the validity and effect of a vote of the annual town meeting purporting to amend the classification and pay plan1 of the town of Arlington by increasing salaries. The plaintiffs, nine in number, are permanent members of the fire or police department of the defendant, and have been chosen by the other members of those departments as a committee to protect...

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