Clement v. Two Barrels of Whiskey
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by James McManus from a judgment of the- County Court, of Steuben county in favbr of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of said county on the 16th day of November, 1908, upon the verdict of a jury rendered by direction of the court, and also from an order denying the appellant’s motion to set aside the verdict and for a new trial.
1Opinion of the Court
Robson, J.:
The proceeding resulting in the above-entitled action was begun under the provisions of section 31c of the Liquor Tax Law, which was added to that law (Gen. Laws, chap. 29; Laws of 1896, chap. 112, as amd.) by chapter 350 of the Laws of 1908, and became effective as a part thereof May 19, 1908. On July 28, 1908, the county judge of Steuben county issued a warrant, iii form and purpose that provided by said section, directing Leon Bliss, a special agent of the State Commissioner of Excise, to search the premises described in the warrant for “Liquors as defined by Section Two of the…
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