CAMACHO v. BOARD OF SELECTMEN OF STOUGHTON

No. 88-P-1270.

27 Mass. App. Ct. 178 (1989)

535 N.E.2d 1290

ROBERTA A. CAMACHO & another vs. BOARD OF SELECTMEN OF STOUGHTON.

Appeals Court of Massachusetts, Norfolk.

March 30, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William A. Hahn for the plaintiffs.

Elizabeth A. Lane for the defendants.

Present: KASS, WARNER, & FINE, JJ.


FINE, J.

This appeal concerns the proper interpretation of the referendum provision in the Stoughton town charter as it affects a referendum petition seeking to have the voters of the town pass on an across-the-board pay raise for nonunion town employees.

Article 11 of the Stoughton town charter provides that "[a] vote passed at any representative town meeting authorizing the expenditures of any sum, as an...

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