Marvin Safe Co. v. Mayor of New York

Daniels, J.:

The object of the action was to prevent the enforcement against the plaintiff of section 5 of article 4 of chapter 6 of the Revised Ordinances of 1880. This ordinance provided that “ no person or persons in the city of New York, whether agent, owner or employer, shall suffer or permit any cask, bale, bundle, box, crate, or any other goods, wares or merchandise, or any boards, planks, joists, or other timber, or anything whatsoever, to be raised from any street, on the outside of any building, into any loft, store or room, or to be lowered from the same, on the outside of any…