People v. Fichten
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, The People of the State of New York, from a judgment of the Municipal Court of the city of New York, borough of Brooklyn, in favor of the defendant rendered on the 16th day of January, 1911.
1Opinion of the Court
Hirschberg, J.:
The action is brought to recover a penalty claimed to have been incurred by the violation of section 41 of the Agricultural Law (Consol. Laws, chap. 1 [Laws of 1909, chap. 9], as amd. by Laws of 1909, chap. 357), in the sale of a package of oleomargarine. The section provides as follows: “No such substance shall hereafter be sold, offered or exposed for sale in this State *308except it be sold in packages containing not more than five pounds, such packages to be wrapped and sealed, the original seal of which shall be unbroken and upon which seal shall be plainly printed the name…
2Cited by1 opinion
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