Legal Opinion

Egan v. Board of Education

Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York

Decided February 15, 1911Published

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Municipal Oourt of the city of Eew York, borough of Manhattan, ninth district, rendered in favor of the plaintiff.

1Opinion of the CourtDelany, J.

The facts in this case were stipulated. Judgment rendered for plaintiff and defendant appeals.

The plaintiff, a janitor in a public school of the city of Mew York, brought this action in the Municipal Court to recover $347, the amount of a fine imposed upon him by the defendant and which was withheld from his salary after a trial had pursuant to the provisions of the Greater Mew York charter. This forfeiture of salary was based upon a finding by the board of education that the plaintiff had been guilty of an infraction of a rule of the department. When charges were preferred against the…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Fisher v. . HepburnNew York Court of Appeals · 1871
  2. People ex rel. Citizens' Lighting Co. v. FeitnerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1903
  3. People Ex Rel. Coyle v. . MartinNew York Court of Appeals · 1894
  4. Farrell v. Board of EducationNew York Supreme Court · 1910

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