BOARD OF SELECTMEN OF AVON v. LINDER


352 Mass. 581 (1967)

227 N.E.2d 359

BOARD OF SELECTMEN OF AVON vs. KENNETH L. LINDER.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Norfolk.

June 5, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James T. Grady, Town Counsel, for the plaintiff.

Warren H. Lindberg for the defendant.

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


WILKINS, C.J.

This bill for a declaratory decree under G.L.c. 231A arises from a controversy between the plaintiff board of selectmen of Avon and the defendant Linder, one of its three members, as to whether he, while a selectman, can properly act as a paid newspaper correspondent reporting the plaintiff board's meetings and deliberations. A judge in the Superior Court reported the case without decision on the defendant...

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