McGraw v. City of Gloversville
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff^ William McGraw,- from a . judgment of the Supreme Court in favor .of the defendant, entered in the office .of the clerk of the county of Fulton on the 8th day of December, 1-897, upon the report of a:referee dismissing the plaintiff’s complaint upon the merits.
1Opinion of the Court
Landon, J.:
The plaintiff, a citizen of the United States, was employed by the defendant, a municipal corporation, as janitor and caretaker of its city building, and he rendered services as siich in and about such building, pursuant to his employment, from May 10, 1894, to October 31, 1896, and was paid therefor every two weeks at the rate of one dollar and fifty cents per day, which he received, without making claim for more until after his whole period of service had expired. The referee has found that the prevailing rate of wages in said city during this time for laborers of the same class…
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