Manning v. City of New York

The plaintiff is a cable splicer in the bureau of fire alarm telegraph of the city of New York, appointed from a civil service fist. He claims to be performing the duties of an-electrician and the court below has so found. The position of electrician, however, is in the competitive class under the civil service rules, and plaintiff never qualified for that position. In fact, he failed to pass an examination for electrician. The trial court having found that he was actually performing the duties of electrician and that the pay received by him was below the prevailing rate of wages paid to…