People v. Deming
New York Court of Common Pleas
Appeal by plaintiffs from a judgment of the Second. District Court. This was an action to recover a penalty of thirty dollars, for a violation by the defendant of the ninth section of the get of 1847, concerning the pilotage of vessels in the East River.(a) The justice dismissed the complaint, upon the ground that the action should have been brought by the master.warden of the port of New York. The plaintiffs appealed.
1Opinion of the Court
Beady, J. —
The justice dismissed the complaint, upon the ground that the action should have been commenced in the name of the master warden of the port of New York; and although a variety of questions have been elaborately discussed, it is only necessary, for the purpose of determining this appeal, to pass upon the correctness of the judgment pronounced by the justice, for the reason assigned by him. It has not been considered necessary to present a review of the various statutes referred to in the arguments submitted, for the reasons Avhich will be stated. Leaving the earlier legislative…
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