CALLAHAN v. ATHOL


345 Mass. 572 (1963)

188 N.E.2d 571

WILLIAM J. CALLAHAN vs. TOWN OF ATHOL.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Worcester.

March 8, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas L. McLaughlin for the plaintiff.

Carlton W. Spencer (Frank G. Allen, Jr., with him) for the defendant.

Present: WILKINS, C.J., SPALDING, WHITTEMORE, SPIEGEL, & REARDON, JJ.


SPIEGEL, J.

This is an action of contract to recover an additional day's pay for each of forty-two holidays on which the plaintiff worked as chief of police of the town of Athol. The facts are agreed and a judge of the Superior Court reported the case without decision.

The plaintiff was employed as a police officer by the town in 1920. In 1938, and annually thereafter, the board of selectmen appointed him "Chief...

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