Board of Commissioners of Public Charities & Correction v. McGurrin
New York Court of Common Pleas
Appeal by plaintiff from an order of this court made by Judge Loew sustaining a demurrer to the complaint, and also from the judgment entered on the order.
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Appeal by plaintiff from an order of this court made by Judge Loew sustaining a demurrer to the complaint, and also from the judgment entered on the order. The action was brought by the plaintiff, the board of commissioners of public charities and correction of the city of ¡New York, under the provisions of L. 1857, ch. 628, entitled “ an act to suppress intemperance, and to regulate the sale of intoxieating liquors,” to recover 1. The penalty of $50, provided by § 13 of the act of 1857, for selling any strong or spirituous liquors or wines in quantities less than five gallons at a time,…
1Opinion of the Court
Ohables P. Daly, Chief Justice.
The commissioners of charities and corrections are, in this city, the overseers of the poor, discharging the same general duties, in that respect, as the overseers of the poor in other counties. The act of 1813 declared that the commissioners of the almshouse should be the overseers of the poor in this city, and be subject to the same duties and penalties which the overseers of the respective towns in the State had or were subject to (Laws of 1813, p. 430, § 246).
The authority and powers of the commissioners of the almshouse were transferred to the governors of…
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