Van Vlaanderen v. Peyet Silk Dyeing Corp.
District Court, S.D. New York
In Fquity. Suit by Peter Van Vlaandercn and another, copartners, doing business under the firm name and style of the Van Vlaandcren Machine Company, against the Peyet Silk Dyeing Corporation. On petition by Jerome Peyet against the receiver for preference for his claim against the defendant corporation as a claim for-wages.
1Opinion of the Court
LEARNED HAND, District Judge.
The phrase, “employees, operatives and laborers,” which the original statute of 1885 (Laws 1885, c. 376) contained, led to much uncertainty in the law. Obviously, “employees” meant something more than “operatives and laborers/’ and something less than the definition to "be found by looking in a dictionary. Considerable confusion resulted, as appears from the opinions in Re Stryker, 158 N. Y. 526, 53 N. E. 525, 70 Am. St. Rep. 489, Palmer v. Van Santford, 153 N. Y. 612, 47 N. E. 915, 38 L. R. A. 402; and People v. Remington, 109 N. Y. 631, 16 N. E. 680, which…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Palmer v. . Van SantvoordNew York Court of Appeals · 1897
- Matter of StrykerNew York Court of Appeals · 1899
3Cited by4 opinions
- Christie v. Commercial Casualty Insurance Co.California Court of Appeal · 1935
- Metropolitan Life Insurance v. New York State Labor Relations BoardNew York Supreme Court · 1938
- Stanley Works, Inc. v. Gourland Typewriter Mfg. Co.District Court, E.D. New York · 1922
- Strom v. PrinceCity of New York Municipal Court · 1935