People ex rel. Van Valkenburg v. Myers
New York Supreme Court
Ajjplication by William Van Valkenburg for a writ of mandamus requiring the respondent, Theodore Myers, the comptroller of the city of New York, to pay the relator’s salary weekly.
1Opinion of the CourtAndrews, J.
The relator is property clerk and assistant paymaster of the department of parks of the city of New York. He claims to be an employee of the city, earning wages, and therefore entitled to the benefits of the act, chapter 388 of the laws of 1890, known as “ The Weekly Payment Law,” and applies for a mandamus requiring the respondent, who is the comptroller of the city, to pay his salary weekly.
The statute in question provides, among other things, that every municipal corporation in this State shall pay weekly each and every employee the wages earned by such employee to within six days of the…
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