Hoggett v. City of Mount Vernon
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, The City of Mount Vernon, from, a judgment of the County Court of Westchester county in favor of-the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Westchester on the 7th day of September, 1898, upon the verdict of a jury, and also from an order bearing date the 23d day of June, 1898, and entered in said clerk’s office, denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Woodward, J.:
This action was brought to recover for services alleged to have been rendered by the plaintiff as an inspector of the work of improving one of the highways of the defendant. It appears that the plaintiff was appointed or employed by the commissioner of public works'of the city of Mount Vernon as an inspector of certain street improvements, the plaintiff claiming that he was appointed for the time necessary to complete the work. Some time after the original employment a new commissioner of public works came into office, and on the tenth day of August the plaintiff was dismissed…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Carmody v. City of Mount VernonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1896