Drake v. . State
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from an award of the Board of Claims, made April 12, 1893. The nature of the claim and the facts, so far as material, ■are stated in the opinion. Claimant was entitled to not less than two dollars a day or twenty-five cents an hour for his services. (Laws of 1870, chap. 385.) Chapter 380 of the Laws of 1889 is not limited to the compensation of employees upon the public works.
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Appeal from an award of the Board of Claims, made April 12, 1893. The nature of the claim and the facts, so far as material, ■are stated in the opinion. Claimant was entitled to not less than two dollars a day or twenty-five cents an hour for his services. (Laws of 1870, chap. 385.) Chapter 380 of the Laws of 1889 is not limited to the compensation of employees upon the public works. (In re Village of Middletown, 82 N. Y. 196; In re N. Y. & B. B. Co., 72 id. 527; Newell v. People, 3 Seld. 97; McCluskey v. Cromwell, 11 N. Y. 602; People v. Molyneux, 40 id. 121; Bishop v. Barton, 2 Hun, 436; 64…
1Per curiam
The plaintiff was employed as a fireman at the Hew York State Soldiers and Sailors’ Home at Bath, from May 1, 1888, to March 27,1889, for wages at the rate of thirty dollars per month. At the end of each month he received his pay and signed a receipt acknowledging full payment for the month’s wages. He now claims a residue of his wages at the rate of two dollars per day, and bases Ms claim, mainly, upon the act, chapter 380 of the Laws of 1889 This act is entitled “An act to regulate the rate of wages on all public works in this state, and to define what laborers shall be employed thereon.”
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2Cases cited1 opinion
- McCarthy v. . Mayor, Etc., of N.Y.New York Court of Appeals · 1884
3Cited by2 opinions
- Wright v. . State of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1918
- Snyder v. . State of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1898