Honig v. Riley

The facts, and the statutory law invoked by the defendant, are sufficiently stated by Mr. Justice Spiegelbekg, in his opinion in the court below (reported in 124 Misc. 809). I am not prepared to express any general opinion in respect of the legislative intent that governed the making of this remarkable statute (General Business Law, § 201, as added by Laws of 1924, chap. 506),* and I believe we should confine ourselves sharply to a decision upon the precise situation now before us. I agree with the learned trial justice that it is not conceivable that the Legislature intended that no matter…