New York Central & Hudson River Railroad v. Williams
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the third judicial department, entered. January 11,1910, affirming a judgment in favor of defendant entered upon a dismissal of the complaint by the court on trial at Special Term.
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Appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the third judicial department, entered. January 11,1910, affirming a judgment in favor of defendant entered upon a dismissal of the complaint by the court on trial at Special Term. The action is a suit in equity brought to restrain the commissioner of labor of the state of New York from instituting any action or proceeding against the plaintiff for the recovery of penalties for violations of those provisions of the Labor Law which require a corporation operating a steam surface railroad to pay to its employees their…
1Opinion of the CourtWillard Bartlett, J.
The purpose of this litigation is to test the constitutionality of a recently-enacted statute requiring railroad corporations in this state to pay the wages of their employees semi-monthly and in cash. In order to present the question to the courts for determination the plaintiffs have brought suit in equity against the state commissioner of labor to restrain him from instituting actions to recover the penalties prescribed by the statute for non-compliance with its provisions. Judgment was rendered in favor of the defendant at Special Term, and affirmed, by a divided court, at the Appellate…
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