McKenna v. City of New York
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, The City of Hew York', from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Kings on the 21st day of July, 1898, upon the decision of the court rendered after a trial at the Kings County Trial Term before the court without a jury.
1Opinion of the Court
Cullen, J.:
The plaintiff sues for his salary as assistant clerk in the court of the justice of the peace of the first district of the city of Brooklyn for the months of January and February, 1898. By section 14, title 21 of the charter of the city of Brooklyn (Chap. 683, Laws of 1888), a justice of the peace was empowered to appoint a clerk of his court, and such other clerks or assistants as the common council ■might authorize, all to serve during the pleasure of the justice. Under authority of the common council of that city the plaintiff was, on January 1, 1896, appointed by Jacob Heu, a…
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