Legal Opinion

Gregory v. United States

U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York

Decided November 28, 1879PublishedCited by 13 opinions

[In error to the district court of the United ■States for the Southern district of New York..) [This was a proceeding by the United States against George O. Gregory for the unlawful use of his premises in permitting them to be used for purposes of ingress and egress to and from an illicit distillery. A ■decree of condemnation was entered in the ■district court, and the claimant brings error.)

1Opinion of the Court

BLATCHFORD, Circuit Judge.

The plaintiff in error (the claimant below) was the owner of the lot of land and buildings No. 419 East 4Sth street, in the city of New York. ■On that lot, in front and adjoining No. 421, was a dwelling house. On the west part of the lot 419 was a covered drive-way leading from a rear building to the street in front. 'The rear building covered the rear part of the lot 419 and extended eastward over the rear part of lot 421, which latter lot belonged to .a savings bank. In this rear building there was no partition, the ground floor being one large room. An illicit…

2Cited by13 opinions

  1. Purinton v. JamrockMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1907
  2. First National Bank & Trust Co. v. New York Title InsuranceNew York Supreme Court · 1939
  3. Bradford v. SargentCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1933
  4. Truck Leasing Corp. v. ESQUIRE LAUNDRY & CLEANING CO.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1952
  5. Atwater v. Lober, New York County Courts1929

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