Vogt v. City of Milwaukee
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court of Milwaukee county; Feahk M. Eish, Judge. Plaintiff was employed as quarantine guard by defendants health commissioner. Such employment commenced on June-17, 1894, and continued, with the exception of brief intervals, from month to month, until May 17,1895, without any express agreement as to wages.
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Appeal from a judgment of the superior court of Milwaukee county; Feahk M. Eish, Judge. Plaintiff was employed as quarantine guard by defendants health commissioner. Such employment commenced on June-17, 1894, and continued, with the exception of brief intervals, from month to month, until May 17,1895, without any express agreement as to wages. Ilis duties were to guard certain houses, in which the inmates were supposed to be infected with smallpox, and to enforce quarantine regulations. At first, and until August 1,1894, three guards were assigned to each house; the guards remaining on duty…
1Opinion of the CourtBardeen, J.
An ordinance of the city of Milwaukee, so far as applicable to this case, is substantially as follows: Eight hours shall constitute a full day’s work for city employees who work, and are paid therefor, by the day only. No city official shall employ workmen to work overtime unless such overwork be first recommended*by the health commissioner. All bills for overwork performed must be accompanied by an order of the health commissioner, giving reason why such overwork was necessary. This ordinance was in force during the time plaintiff was in the city’s service. At the time the plaintiff entered…
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