People v. Bremer
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, John Bremer, from a judgment of the-Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the» clerk of the county of Hew York on the 29th day of June, 1901,, upon the verdict of a jury, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 15th day of July, 1901, denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Van Brunt, P. J.:
This action was brought to recover a penalty claimed to be due for violation of section 26 of the Agricultural Law, as amended by chapter 768 of the Laws of 1897. It is claimed by the respondent that the penalty for such a violation was, at the time this action was commenced, provided for by section 37 of chapter 338 of the Laws of 1893, as amended by chapter 559 of the Laws of 1900. The appellant, however, insists that said section, if applicable, must be construed to authorize a criminal but not a civil action, and further claims that the act was no longer in existence at…
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