Village of Buffalo v. Webster
New York Supreme Court
Error from the Erie common pleas. Webster was sued before a justice for a violation of "an ordinance of the corporation of the village of Buffalo as to the sale of meats.
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Error from the Erie common pleas. Webster was sued before a justice for a violation of "an ordinance of the corporation of the village of Buffalo as to the sale of meats. By a by-law of the corporation, it was ordained that it should not be lawful for any person within the limits of the corporation during certain months to hawk about or sell by retail any kind of fresh beef, pork, Iamb or mutton for the consumption of the inhabitants of the village, except at the public markets, or within certain limits around the same. The defendant agreed with a grocer to let him have a quarter of lamb and…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court,
Savage, Ch. J.
By the act incorporating the village of Buffalo, the trustees are authorized to make such prudential by-laws as they may deem proper, relative to the public markets, &c. and any thing relative to the good improvement of the village, provided they are not inconsistent with the laws of tlie state or U. States. Laws of 1822, p. 203, § 5.
*101The only question in the case is whether the by-law is val-, id. At common law corporations have power to make by-lY laws, for the general good of the corporation. They must be || reasonable and for the common benefit; they must not be…
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