Youngman v. Town of Oneonta

Kiley, J. (dissenting):

Claimant’s intestate was superintendent of highways of the town of Oneonta, N. Y., which town, outside of the city of Oneonta, over which he had no jurisdiction and in which he was not expected to do any work or labor, is a small political division in which it is the custom and in this case the fact, that the town superintendent does manual labor along with the men whom he directs in the course of their employment. The word “ superintendent ” is synonymous with inspector, overseer and manager. (Webster’s Dictionary.) When Charles D. Youngman was elected superintendent…