Farrell v. Board of Education
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, Joseph Farrell, from a judgment of the Supreme Court, in favor of the defendant, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Kings on' the 5th day of April, 1905, upon the verdict of a jury rendered by direction of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
Jenks, J.:
This action is to. recover for janitor’s services in a public school ■ in the borough of Brooklyn. The plaintiff complains that he has earned, at the prevailing rate of wages paid to janitors in the borough of Manhattan for like services, $4,000 in excess of the salary received by him. He was appointed a janitor by tlio school board in Brooklyn in 1892, and his compensation was fixed pursuant to authority at $1,000 a year. After consolidation, the Brooklyn borough board increased that sum to $1,360 a year, and on May 1, 1902, it was pursuant to sections 10 and 56a of the revised…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- State ex rel. Ives v. MartindaleSupreme Court of Kansas · 1891
- Fagan v. Mayor, Aldermen & Commonalty of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1881
3Cited by3 opinions
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- Hogan v. Board of EducationAppellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York · 1909
- Lester v. Board of EducationNew York Supreme Court · 1909