Ryan v. City of New York
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
O’Brien and Laughlin, JJ., dissented. Appeal by the plaintiff, Pierce Ryan, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendant, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 5th day of August, 1902, upon the decision of the court, rendered after a trial at the New York Special Term, sustaining a demurrer to the amended complaint. The facts and the nature of the action are stated in the dissenting opinion of Laughlin, J.
1Dissent
Laughlin, J. (dissenting):
The plaintiff alleges that prior to the 10th day of May, 1894, he was employed by the defendant through its department of public works “ as rammer; ” that his employment was for no definite or fixed term and that he received wages at the rate of three dollars per day; that on said day chapter 622 of the Laws of 1894 became operative; that he was thereafter employed in the same capacity without definite term until the 1st day of January, 1900, and received compensation at the rate of three dollars per day; that from and after the enactment of chapter 622 of the Laws…
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- People Ex Rel. Satterlee v. . Board of PoliceNew York Court of Appeals · 1878
- Clark v. . StateNew York Court of Appeals · 1894
- People v. WarrenNew York Supreme Court · 1894
- People Ex Rel. Lentilhon v. . ColerNew York Court of Appeals · 1901
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