Bock v. City of New York
New York Supreme Court
Action by plaintiff to recover the prevailing rate of wages under the Acts of 1894 (Chap. 622) and 1897 (Chap. 415).
1Opinion of the CourtMcAdam, J.
The Acts of 1894 (Chap. 622) and 1897 (Chap, 415) apply only to mechanics employed in the usual way to do-laboring work, and not to an appointee, like the plaintiff, holding under a yearly employment at a fixed salary, and furnished with board and lodging without charge by the municipality. A person-situated as the plaintiff was is not brought into competition with skilled painters, seeking daily or weekly employment, so that he is-clearly not within the reason or purpose of the law, which, in consequence, does not apply. McCunney v. City of New York, 40 App. Div. 482. The Act of 1894, supra,…
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