McMahon v. Mayor of New York
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, The Mayor, Aldermen and Commonalty of the City of New York, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 8th day of March, 1897, upon the verdict of a jury, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 10th day of March, 1897, denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Barrett, J.:
The plaintiff was employed as a mason and bricklayer in th.e department of public parks for the greater part of the period between May 10, 1894, and April 13, 1895, being paid at the rate of three dollars and fifty cents a day. He has recovered in this action a sum equal to an additional amount of fifty cents for each day of work. His right thereto is based upon chapter 385 of the Laws of 1870, as amended by chapter 622 of the Laws of 1894, which provides (§ 2) that all mechanics, workingmen and laborers employed by the State or any municipal corporation, “ shall receive not less…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Kehn v. . State of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1883
- McCarthy v. . Mayor, Etc., of N.Y.New York Court of Appeals · 1884
3Cited by6 opinions
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- McCunney v. City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1899
- McGraw v. City of GloversvilleAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1898
- McCann v. City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1900
- Ryan v. City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1903
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