Fata v. S. A. Healy Co.

Lehman, Ch. J.

The plaintiff alleges in his complaint, among other things, that he was employed by the defendant as a “ pump operator ” upon public work which the defendant had agreed to perform for the city of New York under a contract made by the defendant with the Board of Water Supply of the city. He seeks in this action to recover the difference between the wages which the defendant paid to him, and wages “ at the prevailing rate ” as set forth in a “ schedule of wages ” filed by the fiscal officer of the city, before the commencement of the advertisement for bids on the public works…