Lawton v. . Steele
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal’from judgment of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the fourth judicial department, entered upon an order made February 12,1889, which reversed a judgment in favor of plaintiffs entered upon a verdict, and ordered a new trial.
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Appeal’from judgment of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the fourth judicial department, entered upon an order made February 12,1889, which reversed a judgment in favor of plaintiffs entered upon a verdict, and ordered a new trial. This action was brought to recover the value of sixteen hoop or fike nets belonging to plaintiffs, which were destroyed by defendant; twelve of .the nets were found by defendant set in the waters of Black Biver hay, an inlet of Lake Ontario, for the purpose of catching fish, the four others were on shore. Defendant was a state fish and game protector and…
1Opinion of the CourtAndbews, J.
The conclusions of the trial judge that Black Biver Bay is a part of Lake Ontario, within the meaning of chapter 146 of the Laws of 1886, and that the nets set therein were set in violation of the act chapter 591 of the Laws of 1880, as amended by chapter 317 of the Laws of '1883, were affirmed by the General Term. The trial judge, in his careful opinion, demonstrated the correctness of these conclusions, and nothing can be added to reinforce the argument by which they were sustained.
The point of difference between the trial court and the General Term relates to the constitutionality of the…
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