Billings v. Mayor of New York
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from judgment of the General Term of the Court of Common Pleas of the city and county of ¡¡Slew York, reversing a judgment in favor of plaintiff entered upon an order overruling demurrer to the complaint and directing judgment. The nature of the action and the facts are set forth sufficiently in the opinion.
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Appeal from judgment of the General Term of the Court of Common Pleas of the city and county of ¡¡Slew York, reversing a judgment in favor of plaintiff entered upon an order overruling demurrer to the complaint and directing judgment. The nature of the action and the facts are set forth sufficiently in the opinion. Sections 114 and 116 of chapter 335, Laws of 1873, entitled “An act to reorganize the local government of the city of New York,” abolishing the salaries of supervisors of said city and county is unconstitutional, the act being a local act." (People ex rel. Monheimer v. Green, N. Y.…
1Opinion of the CourtRapallo, J.
This action was brought to recover a salary claimed by the plaintiff as one of the supervisors of the county of New York, for the months of January, February, March and April, 1875.
The alleged grounds of this claim are, that the plaintiff was during these months one of the aldermen of the city of New York. That he was, by virtue of his office as alderman of the city, a supervisor of the county, and entitled as such supervisor to a salary at the rate of $2,000 per annum.
A general demurrer was interposed to the complaint, and the General Term of the Court of Common Pleas of the city of New York…
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- Cregier v. Mayor of New YorkNew York Court of Common Pleas · 1882