Siegelbaum v. City of New York

The complaint which, upon motion, was dismissed by the Municipal Court alleges that the plaintiff is a veteran of the Spanish-American war, who has been employed as a laborer 365 days per year in the fire department of the city of New York, at the rate of five dollars and forty-eight cents per day. On June 20, 1935, the plaintiff was suspended without pay by the fire commissioner pending the hearing and determination of charges against him. Following a departmental trial these charges were dismissed on August 23, 1935, the date of the plaintiff’s official reinstatement. In the meantime,…