Brigham v. City of New York
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, Arthur L. Brigham, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendant, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 18th day of November, 1918, upon the dismissal of the complaint by direction of the court at the close of plaintiff’s case.
1Opinion of the Court
Page, J.:
The action is brought to recover a balance of salary claimed to be due. The plaintiff is a civil service employee in the office of the comptroller of the city of New York. His position is in the competitive class. He entered the employ of the finance department in 1883, at a salary of $1,300 per annum. He has been promoted from time to time. In 1915, and for some time prior thereto, he was classified under the civil service rules in the fifth grade of the clerical service of the civil service, the minimum salary of which was $2,400 a year. On February 1, 1907, the salary of his…
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