People v. . Budd
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal by defendant, J. Tallman Budd, from a judgment of the General Term of the Superior Court of Buffalo of January 2, 1889, affirming a. judgment of the criminal branch of that court of November 29, 1888, Hon. Rupebt C. Titus, presiding, entered upon a conviction of the defendant of a violation of the provisions of the Grain Elevator Act (Laws 1888, chap. 581). Appeal by Edward Annan, relator, from an order of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the Second…
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Appeal by defendant, J. Tallman Budd, from a judgment of the General Term of the Superior Court of Buffalo of January 2, 1889, affirming a. judgment of the criminal branch of that court of November 29, 1888, Hon. Rupebt C. Titus, presiding, entered upon a conviction of the defendant of a violation of the provisions of the Grain Elevator Act (Laws 1888, chap. 581). Appeal by Edward Annan, relator, from an order of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the Second Department, of October 2, 1888, dismissing writs of habeas corpus te bring up the person of, and certiorari to inquire the cause…
1Opinion of the Court
The main question upon this record is, whether the legislation fixing the maximum charge for elevating grain, contained in the act, chapter 581 of the Laws of 1888, is valid and constitutional. The act, in its first section, fixes the maximum charge for receiving, weighing and discharging grain by means of floating and stationary elevators and warehouses in this state, at five-eighths of one cent a bushel, and for trimming and shoveling to the leg of the elevator in the process of handling grain by means of elevators, "lake vessels or propellers, the ocean vessels or steamships, and canal…
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