City of New York v. Reesing
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal, by permission, by the defendants, George G. Reesing and another, copartners, doing business under the firm name and style of Reesing & Pitney, from an order of the Appellate Term of the Supreme Court, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 29th day of May, 1902, affirming a judgment of the Municipal Court of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, third district, in favor of the plaintiff, and also (as stated in the notice of appeal)…
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Appeal, by permission, by the defendants, George G. Reesing and another, copartners, doing business under the firm name and style of Reesing & Pitney, from an order of the Appellate Term of the Supreme Court, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 29th day of May, 1902, affirming a judgment of the Municipal Court of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, third district, in favor of the plaintiff, and also (as stated in the notice of appeal) from a judgment of the Appellate Term of the Supreme Court, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York…
1Opinion of the Court
Patterson, J.:
The question upon which this case turns is a very narrow one, and relates only to the liability of the defendants to pay a fine by reason of their violation of a city ordinance. They are livery stable keepers, and own and use in their business carriages and cabs which are hired for public use. They made an agreement with the proprietor of the Hotel Imperial in the city of New York to supply carriages or cabs to that hotel and to pay the proprietor thereof ten per cent of the gross receipts. With the written consent of thas proprietor, they keep from six to eight cabs standing in…
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