Health Department v. Rector
New York Court of Common Pleas
Exceptions from trial term. Action by the health department of the city of New York against the Bector, Church-Wardens, and Vestrymen of Trinity Church to recover a penalty for failing to supply the floors of a tenement-house with Croton water. Verdict was directed for plaintiff, and defendant moves for a new trial on exceptions ordered to be heard in the first instance at the general term.
1Opinion of the CourtPryor, J.
The ease is before us upon a motion by defendant for a new trial on exceptions directed to be heard at general term. The action is to recover a penalty claimed to be incurred by breach of a duty alleged to be imposed by sections 663, 665, and 660 of the consolidation act.1 Section 663 prescribes that every tenement-house erected or “converted” after May 14, 1867, “ shall have Croton or other water furnished at one or more places on each floor occupied or intended to be occupied by one or more families; and all tenement-houses shall be provided with a like supply of water by the owners thereof…
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