Legal Opinion

Burns v. City of New York

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided July 23, 1907PublishedCited by 9 opinions

Appeal by the plaintiff, John T. Burns, from a judgment of the Municipal Court of the city of Yew York in favor of the defendant, dismissing the plaintiff’s complaint.

1Opinion of the Court

Woodward, J.:

The pleadings in this case were oral. The plaintiff stated his cause of action to be that he was an employee of the city of Yew York; that under án agreement with the city he rendered services beyond eight hours each day and that these services were reasonably worth fifty cents an- hour; that the city promised .to pay therefor and that it has not paid; and. secondly, that he was an employee of the city;, that as such employee he rendered these extra services for the city; that the city accepted and became the beneficiary of them; that these services were reasonably worth the sum…

2Cited by9 opinions

  1. McGuire v. City of DallasTexas Commission of Appeals · 1943
  2. McGuire v. City of DallasTexas Supreme Court · 1943
  3. Grossman v. City of New YorkNew York Supreme Court · 1972
  4. City of Troy Unit v. City of TroyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1971
  5. McMahon v. StateNew York Court of Claims · 1942

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