Palmer v. . Van Santvoord
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the third judicial department, entered May 13,. 1897, which affirmed an order of Special Term directing the defendants as receivers to pay the claim of Wilson E. Palmer for wages, etc. The respondent was employed by the Walter A. Wood Mowing & Reaping Machine Company, a domestic corporation, prior to the appointment of the appellants as its receivers.
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Appeal from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the third judicial department, entered May 13,. 1897, which affirmed an order of Special Term directing the defendants as receivers to pay the claim of Wilson E. Palmer for wages, etc. The respondent was employed by the Walter A. Wood Mowing & Reaping Machine Company, a domestic corporation, prior to the appointment of the appellants as its receivers. The nature of his employment is stated in the ease as follows : Wilson E. Palmer “ was employed by the said Walter A. Wood Company to set up machines, and to take them down…
1Opinion of the Court
Andrews, Ch. J.
The work which the claimant was employed to perform was in part the work of a mechanic, and in part that of an agent for the sale of machines manufactured by the corporation. His duties involved both the performance of manual labor and the exercise of tact and skill as a sales agent of the company. He was, while acting in either capacity, an “ employee ” of the company within the general and etymological meaning of the word. The word is defined in the Century Dictionary as “ one who works for an employer; a person working for salary or wages ; applied to any one so working, but…
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- Waller v. HarrisNew York Supreme Court · 1838
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- People v. New York & Manhattan Beach Railway Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1881
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- In re the Accounting of Guaranty Trust Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1956
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