Conway v. Mayor
New York Court of Common Pleas
Appeal by defendant from a judgment in favor of plaintiff for $3,362 68, entered on the verdict of a jury rendered at trial term by direction of Judge Tan Bbunt. The action was for salary as assistant janitor in the sheriff’s office in the city of New York, at the rate of $1,200 per annum, payable monthly, from September 1, 1871, to January 1, 1874, and interest.
1Opinion of the CourtJoseph F. Daly, J.
The plaintiff rendered services from January 1, 1871, to January 1, 1874, in taking charge of four rooms on the lower floor of the county court house building, occupied by the sheriff for his public offices. He dusted the *516walls and ceilings; took charge of the plumbing work, gas, and register; also of the stores, such as brushes, brooms, pails, and everything for the women to clean with; opened the offices every morning at four o’clock, closed them in the evening about ten or twelve o’clock; worked there fourteen or fifteen hours a day, repaired carpets, &c., &c. He was appointed by the board…
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