POLAND v. NEW BEDFORD, WOODS HOLE, & C. STEAMSHIP AUTH.


342 Mass. 75 (1961)

172 N.E.2d 107

GEORGE M. POLAND & others vs. NEW BEDFORD, WOODS HOLE, MARTHA'S VINEYARD AND NANTUCKET STEAMSHIP AUTHORITY.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

February 13, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. McIntyre, (Maurice M. Lyons with him,) for the defendant.

James C. Roy, (George M. Poland with him,) for the plaintiffs.

Present: WILKINS, C.J., SPALDING, WILLIAMS, CUTTER, & KIRK, JJ.


WILKINS, C.J.

This action of contract is to recover the fair value of legal services rendered by the three plaintiffs to the defendant in connection with taking over the property and affairs of Massachusetts Steamship Lines, Inc., and starting the operation of the steamship line, provision for which was made in St. 1948, c. 544, and St. 1949, c. 142. The declaration is in two counts for the same cause of action. The first...

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