Udall v. Trustees
New York Supreme Court
IN ERROR, on certiorari, to a Justice’s Court. The trustees of the village of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings, brought an action of debt against Udall, the plaintiff in error, to recover the penalty of twenty-five dollars, for the breach of an ordinance of the village of B. in exercising the office of a measurer of grain, for hire, &c. without being licensed by the trustees of the village.
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IN ERROR, on certiorari, to a Justice’s Court. The trustees of the village of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings, brought an action of debt against Udall, the plaintiff in error, to recover the penalty of twenty-five dollars, for the breach of an ordinance of the village of B. in exercising the office of a measurer of grain, for hire, &c. without being licensed by the trustees of the village. By the act of J ° J April 12, 1816, (sess. 39. ch. 95.) the freeholders and _ ' . , n .... 1 . , _ habitants or />. within certain limits, were declared to be a corporation, by the name of the trustees of…
1Per curiam
This was an action for a penalty, for violating the by-law of the village of Brooklyn, in assuming to exercise the office of measurer of grain, without a license from the trustees. The defence was, that the act complained of was done in a store, on a wharf or dock,' west of the natural low-water mark of the East River, on the Nassau, or Long-Island shore, and not within the limits of Brooklyn. We are of opinion that Kings County includes all - the wharves and made land on the Long Island shore of the East River, as well as natural alluvion, to the actual line of low water. The judgment of the…
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