Governors of the Almshouse of New York v. . Am. Art Union
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from the general term of the Supreme Court, in the first district, where judgment had been rendered in favor of the plaintiffs, upon a case made by the parties, pursuant to § 370 of the code.
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Appeal from the general term of the Supreme Court, in the first district, where judgment had been rendered in favor of the plaintiffs, upon a case made by the parties, pursuant to § 370 of the code. (Reported below, 13 Barb. 577.) The plaintiffs claimed to recover the sum of $300, being three times the value of a picture, entitled “ The Huguenots going to worship in Charleston Harbor,” as a forfeiture under the provisions of the revised statutes relating to “raffling and lotteries” (1 R. S. 664); and in addition thereto, the penalty of $10 prescribed by § 22 of the act. In the year 1839, it…
1Opinion of the Court
*Ruggles, O. J.
The plaintiffs, as overseers of * -J the poor of the city of New York, claim to recover from the defendants a penalty of $300, being three times the value of a picture No. 29, and entitled, “ The Huguenots going to worship in Charleston Harbor'/’ together with the further sum of ten dollars.
The statute under which this recovery is claimed is in these words: “No person shall set up or propose any money, goods, chattels, or things in action, to be raffled for, or to be distributed by lot or chance, to any person who shall have paid, or contracted Ho pay, any valuable considera-…
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