Cottam v. City of New York
Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment in favor of the plaintiff for $247.50 costs and interest, entered after a trial before the court- without a jury in the Municipal Court of the city of Yew York, borough of Manhattan, sixth district.
1Opinion of the CourtGuy, J.
This is an action to recover wages brought by plaintiff, who, after passing a civil service examination as a skilled laborer, was employed as a gardener in the department of parks, borough of the Bronx, Yew York city. Prior to his appointment, plaintiff had been a veteran volunteer fireman in the city of Yonkers.
On January 14, 1910, he was nominally discharged “ for lack of work,” but was in reality only suspended, as his name was placed on the preferred eligible civil service list. People ex rel. Vineing v. Hayes, 135 App. Div. 19; Shane v. City of New York, id. 218. A number of 'other…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Higgins v. . Mayor, Etc., of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1892
- People Ex Rel. Chappel v. . LindenthalNew York Court of Appeals · 1903
- People ex rel. Vineing v. HayesAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1909
- People ex rel. Forest v. WilliamsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1910
- Walsh v. City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1911
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3Cited by3 opinions
- People ex rel. Davidson v. WilliamsNew York Supreme Court · 1914
- Mandeville v. College of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1921
- Hurlbut v. CromwellNew York Supreme Court · 1912