Larkin v. Consolidated Telegraph & Electrical Subway Co.

This is a motion to strike out five separate defenses upon the ground that it appears on the face thereof that the same are insufficient in law.

This action is brought to recover back wages and is based upon the provisions of section 83-4.0 of the Administrative Code of the City of New York, which reads as follows: “ § 83-4.0. Workmen on excavations.— A person to whom consent may be granted, or a permit issued, to use or open a street, shall be required, before such consent or permit may be granted or issued, to agree that none but competent men, skilled in the work required of them, shall be…