Driscoll v. City of New York
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal from trial term. Action by John J. Driscoll against the city of New York. From a judgment (77 N. Y. Supp. 997) dismissing the complaint after trial without a jury, plaintiff appeals. Affirmed.
1Opinion of the CourtPatterson, J.
The plaintiff was employed in the department of street cleaning in the borough of Manhattan, in the city of New York. He sues to recover compensation which he alleges to be due him during certain periods of time when he did no work in consequence of his being “laid off” by order of the commissioner of street cleaning. Upon the trial the complaint was dismissed, and from the judgment entered thereon the plaintiff appeals.
The plaintiff had been employed in the street-cleaning department from May, 1896, until January 2, 1900, and was paid at the rate of $3 a day. On the date last named, his…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Downs v. City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1902
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