Grover v. . Morris
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from judgment of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the fourth judicial department, affirming a judgment in favor of plaintiff, entered upon the report of a referee. The nature of the action and the facts are set forth sufficiently in the opinion. Plaintiff was bound to produce on the trial the tickets purchased by him.
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Appeal from judgment of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the fourth judicial department, affirming a judgment in favor of plaintiff, entered upon the report of a referee. The nature of the action and the facts are set forth sufficiently in the opinion. Plaintiff was bound to produce on the trial the tickets purchased by him. ( Wylde v. No. R. R. Co. of N. J, 53 N. Y., 156; Blade v. Noland,12 Wend., 173.) The statute giving the action created a penalty, and as it was not brought within one year of the commission of the alleged offense, it was barred. (Code, § 96; Meech v. Stoner, 19 N.…
1Opinion of the CourtAndrews, J.
The plaintiff commenced this action March 12,1867, to recover, under section thirty-two of the article of the Eevised Statutes, entitled “ of raffling and lotteries,” double the sum of money paid by hinl on the purchase of lottery tickets from the defendants. This section is as follows : “ Any person who shall purchase any share, interest, ticket, certificate of any share or interest, or part of a ticket, or any paper or instrument purporting to be a ticket, or share or interest in any ticket, or purporting to be a certificate of any share or interest in any ticket, or in any portion of any…
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