Legal Opinion
People v. Meyer
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided December 15, 1903PublishedCited by 1 opinion
Appeal by the defendant, Henry F. Meyer, from a judgment of the Municipal Court of the city of New York, borough of Brooklyn, in favor of the plaintiff, entered on the 22d day of July, 1903. The action was.brought to recover a penalty for violations of sections 26 and 27 of the Agricultural Law (Laws of 1893, chap. 338, as amd. by Laws of 1902, chap. 385, and Laws of 1900, chap. 534, respectively).
1Opinion of the Court
"Willard Bartlett, J. :. This is an action to recover a penalty for alleged violations of sections 26 and 27 of the Agricultural Law. Section 26 prohibits the manufacture and sale of imitation butter, and section 27.pro-hibits the coloring of butterine or oleomargarine or any compound of the same so as to cause such product to resemble butter or cheese, and also prohibits the sale of such colored compound.
The evidence shows that the defendant sold imitation butter which was colored so as to resemble natural butter, the product of the dairy. At the time of the sale he avowed that the substance…
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