Bock v. City of New York
New York Supreme Court
Action by George Bock against the city of New York. Complaint dismissed, and motion for new trial denied.
1Opinion of the CourtMcADAM, J.
Acts 1894, c. 622, and Acts 1897, c. 415, apply only to mechanics employed in the usual way to do laboring work, and not to an appointee, like the plaintiff, holding under a yearly employment at a fixed salary, and furnished with board and lodging, without charge, by the municipality. A person situated as the plaintiff was is not brought into competition with skilled painters seeking daily or weekly employment, so that he is clearly not within the reason or purpose of the law, which in consequence does not apply. McCunney v. City of New York, 40 App. Div. 482, 58 N. Y. Supp. 138. The act of…
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