New York Supreme Court January 15, 1841 (Watts v. Van Ness)

By the Court, Bronson, J.

The defendant, who is an attorney at law, employed the plaintiff for about one year, to work in his office, copying papers and doing other things, such as are usually done by a clerk in an attorney’s office, at a weekly salary; and in this action, the plaintiff, among other things, claimed to recover for his labor in the office on Sundays during the year, over and above