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Stoddart v. City of New York

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided July 1, 1903PublishedCited by 3 opinions

Appeal by the defendant, The City of New York, from a judgment of the Municipal Court of the city of New York, borough of Richmond, in favor of the plaintiff, entered on the 15th day of May, 1902, upon the decision of the court.

1Opinion of the Court

Willard Bartlett, J.:

The plaintiff in this action has recovered compensation at the rate of sixty-five dollars a month as his official salary as a sanitary inspector in the department of health of the city of New York, for a period beginning January 1, 1898, and ending on the 8th of June of the same year. At the time when the original Greater New York charter took effect, he was a sanitary inspector under the board of health of the village of New Brighton, in the county of Richmond. He claims to have been transferred to the service of the consolidated city, or continued therein, by virtue of…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Taylor v. Mayor of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1876
  2. People ex rel. Percival v. CramAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1898
  3. Smith v. City of BrooklynAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1896
  4. People ex rel. Fuller v. ColerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1898

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Smith v. . Board of EducationNew York Court of Appeals · 1913
  2. Devlin v. City of New YorkCity of New York Municipal Court · 1914
  3. McCloskey v. City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1934

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