Quinlan v. Reid

This is an article 78 proceeding in which an order is sought directing the respondent members of the board of transportation to reinstate petitioner in his position as motorman on the municipal subway system. Certain incidental relief is asked with reference to claimed wages. Preliminarily, we are not concerned with this phase of the litigation, which will be subsequently adverted to. Petitioner, prior to the acquisition of the Interborough Rapid Transit Company lines, was an employee of that company. ' He entered its employ on July 16, 1929, as a subway guard. He became a conductor in…