Legal Opinion
People v. Davis
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided January 9, 1903PublishedCited by 1 opinion
Appeal from court of special sessions of city of New1 York. Samuel Davis was convicted of keeping live poultry within a populated district of the city of New York without a permit of the health department, in violation of the Sanitary Code, and he appeals. Affirmed.
1Opinion of the CourtHirschberg, J.
The section of the Sanitary Code under which the appellant has been convicted provides as follows:
“Section 79. That no live chickens, geese, ducks, or other fowls shall be brought into or kept or held or offered for sale, or killed in any yard, area, cellar, coop, building, premises or any part thereof, or in any public market or on any sidewalk or other place within the built up portions of the city of New York, without a special permit, in writing, from the department of health, and subject to the conditions thereof.”
Under this section the appellant has been convicted for the keeping and…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Metropolitan Board of Health v. . HeisterNew York Court of Appeals · 1868
- Health Department v. . KnollNew York Court of Appeals · 1877
- Village of Flushing v. CarraherNew York Supreme Court · 1895
3Cited by1 opinion
- People ex rel. Lieberman v. VandecarrAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1903