Lester v. Board of Education

Since the revision of the Greater New York charter in 1901, it has been twice by Appellate department that the fixation of the salaries of janitors of public schools in the city of New York must be made by the board of aldermen, under section 56 of the Revised Charter. People ex rel. Ajas v. Board of Education, 104 App. Div. 162, 93 N. Y. Supp. 300; Farrell v. Board of Education, 113 App. Div. 405, 98 N. Y. Supp. 1046. As the complaint alleges only a fixation of the plaintiff’s salary by the defendant, *888the board of education, it fails to allege an essential requirement as to a legal fixation,…