Corwein v. Hames
New York Supreme Court
IN EPtPtOR, on certiorari, from a justice’s court. Hames brought an action qui tarn, See. against Cormein, before the justice, for selling spirituous liquors, by retail, in the town of Wall-kill, without a license, &c. as required by the act for regulating inns and taverns, passed the 7th of April, 130L (Sess. 24. c~ 164. 1 N. it.
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IN EPtPtOR, on certiorari, from a justice’s court. Hames brought an action qui tarn, See. against Cormein, before the justice, for selling spirituous liquors, by retail, in the town of Wall-kill, without a license, &c. as required by the act for regulating inns and taverns, passed the 7th of April, 130L (Sess. 24. c~ 164. 1 N. it. L. 176.) One of the objections made by the defendant in the court below, was, that as a moiety of the penalty, if recovered, would go to the support of the poor of the town of Wallkill, in which the justice then lived, he had an interest in the cause. The objection…
1Per curiam
The interest of the justice was too remote and contingent to be regarded in this case. The judgment must be affirmed.
Judgment affirmed.(a)
1 Johns. Rep. 486.
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