Holley v. . Mayor, Etc., of N.Y. City

The plaintiff sues for compensation alleged to be due for services as an attendant of the Marine Court of the city of New York, for the months of May, June, July and August, 1872. He was paid in part for the month of May, and his right to the small balance for that month is not very earnestly contested. The objection is to his claim for the residue of the period, the three succeeding months.

The plaintiff was appointed to the position of attendant in the Marine Court, pursuant to the provisions of chapter 582 of the Laws of 1870, and his compensation fixed by the board of supervisors of the…