Wines v. Mayor of New York
New York Supreme Court
MotioN by the defendant for a new trial on exceptions ordered to be first heard at General Term, after a verdict directed for the plaintiff.
1Opinion of the Court
Daniels, J. ■
The verdict which the plaintiff recovered was for the difference between $1,200, which was fixed by the board of supervisors, in 1866, for his salary as an attendant of the Marine Oourt, and *660$1,500, the sum to which by a resolution adopted by the same board, it was advanced on the 27th of May, 1870. The ruling made at the trial by which the recovery for this difference was allowed was excepted to as erroneous, because of a provision contained in chapter 382 of the Laws of 1870, prohibiting the board 'of supervisors of the county of New York from creating any new office or…
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- The People Ex Rel. v. . NostrandNew York Court of Appeals · 1871
- Brennan v. . MayorNew York Court of Appeals · 1875
- Holley v. . Mayor, Etc., of N.Y. CityNew York Court of Appeals · 1874
- Sweeny v. Mayor of New YorkNew York Court of Common Pleas · 1874
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