City of Brooklyn v. Nassau Electric Railroad
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the: defendant, the Nassau Electric Railroad Company, ■from a judgment of the County Court of Kings county in favor of ■the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Kings on the 10th day of November, 1898, affirming a judgment ■rendered by a justice of the peace in the city of Brooklyn, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 7th day of November, 1898, affirming the judgment of said justice.
1Opinion of the Court
Goodrich, P. J.:
The action was brought to recover from the defendant a penalty of $100, for using soft, coal in contravention of “ An act to prevent the burning of soft coal in factories in the city of Brooklyn.” (Chap. 322, Laws of 1895.) Section 1 reads as follows: “ No factory, engine-room or electrical station shall use what is known as soft coal for fuel in the furnaces of such factories, engine-room or electrical stations within a radius of four, miles of the city hall in the city of Brooklyn, except for the purpose of heating or welding iron or steel; any violation of this act shall…
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