People v. Remington

The petitioners by this proceeding sought to obtain a determination of the court that their several claims against the defendant were preferred, and procure an order that they should be paid in full by the receivers of the defendant. This application was based on the claim that the petitioners were employés, operatives, and laborers of the defendant, and that the several sums due them were for wages, within the intent and meaning of chapter 376 of the Laws of 1885,—an act to provide for the payment of wages to employés, operatives, and laborers of domestic corporations, other than insurance…