Walters v. City of New York
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, The City of ¡New 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 oh the 3d day of April,' 1906, upon, the decision of the court rendered after a trial at the Kings County Special Term.
1Opinion of the Court
Jenks, J.:
The plaintiff was a clerk in.the department, of finance in the city of New York at a yearly salary of $1,800. On April 30, 1902, the board of estimate and apportionment of the city by resolution of a general scheme fixed the salary at $1,500. The plaintiff remained ' as a clerk in the department, discharged the same duties and accepted the salary as thus reduced, receipting for it under protest. He has recovered a judgment against the city for the difference between these salaries. The action of the board of estimate and apportionment was pursuant to the charter (Laws of 1901, chap.…
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