Gallagher v. City of New York
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, The City of New York, from four judgments of the Municipal Court of the city of New York, borough of Brooklyn, one in each of the above-entitled actions, in favor of the respective plaintiffs, rendered on the 26th day of February, 1906.
1Opinion of the Court
Hooker, J.:
This is an appeal by the city of New York in four cases, where the plaintiffs have had judgments of the Municipal Court. The plaintiffs were employed as watchmen and caretakers at the Brooklyn Disciplinary School for Boys, in the borough of Brooklyn, without having been selected from the eligible list of the civil service commission, and for a considerable time were designated weekly. The first designation was for a week, and thereafter they were employed by the superintendent of the school by the day. The training school was organized by act of the Legislature (Laws of 1896, chap.…
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