Quinn v. Mayor of New York
New York Supreme Court
DEMURRER to answer. The plaintiff was elected justice of the first district court of the city of New York, and entered upon his six years term of office January 1, 1870. His salary was fixed by the mayor and comptroller at $10,000 per annum, and was paid, at that rate, up to September, 1871. Subsequent to .that date, the plaintiff’s salary was paid at the rate of $5000 per annum; and this action, was brought to recover the balance claimed to be due.
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DEMURRER to answer. The plaintiff was elected justice of the first district court of the city of New York, and entered upon his six years term of office January 1, 1870. His salary was fixed by the mayor and comptroller at $10,000 per annum, and was paid, at that rate, up to September, 1871. Subsequent to .that date, the plaintiff’s salary was paid at the rate of $5000 per annum; and this action, was brought to recover the balance claimed to be due. The answer of the defendants, verified by Andrew H. Green, comptroller of the city of New York, denied that the salary of the plaiutiff' was…
1Opinion of the CourtFancher, J.
The plaintiffj at the charter election in December, 1869, was elected to the office of justice of the district court in the city of New York, for the first judicial district of said city, for the term of six years from the first of January, 1870, and he entered upon the duties of the office on that day, and has since then continued to perform the same. .
*598This action is brought to recover for the salary of the plaintiff, as such civil justice, from the first of September, 1871, to the 31st day of May, 1872, at the rate of $10,000 per annum. The first and second demands of payment, required by…
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