HACKETT v. WORCESTER


346 Mass. 634 (1964)

195 N.E.2d 338

JOHN L. HACKETT & others vs. CITY OF WORCESTER.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Worcester.

January 7, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry J. Meleski, City Solicitor, for the defendant.

John M. Hart for the plaintiffs.

John F. Killeen for the intervener, Raymond E. Whitney.

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


CUTTER, J.

The plaintiffs and an intervener, as representatives of members of the police and fire departments of Worcester, by this bill in equity seek a declaration that an ordinance (the 1962 ordinance) adopted by the city council on December 17, 1962, is valid. The city's demurrer was overruled and the case was heard upon a statement of agreed facts constituting a case stated.1 A final decree was entered declaring that the 1962 ordinance...

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