Ogden v. Welden
New York Supreme Court
Appeal from special term, Broome county. Action by Caroline E. Ogden and others against George W. Welden to restrain defendant from moving and repairing a barn within the fire limits of the city of Binghamton. There was a judgment for defendant, and plaintiffs appeal.
1Per curiam
Section 23 of title 9 of the charter of the city of Bingham- ■ ton provides: “The common council shall have power, by ordinance or resolution, to prescribe limits in the city within which wooden buildings shall not be constructed, removed, added to, or enlarged, without permission of said common council, given by the votes of two-thirds of all the members elected thereto. * ::: * For violations of ordinances and resolutions made pursuant to the provisions of this section the common council may prescr.be penalties and fines to the amount of two hundred and fifty dollars, and imprisonment in…
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- Village of St. Johns v. McFarlanMichigan Supreme Court · 1875
- Moore v. . GadsdenNew York Court of Appeals · 1883
- President of Waupun v. MooreWisconsin Supreme Court · 1874
- Mayor of Manchester v. SmythSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1887
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- H. D. Thatcher & Co. v. SticklesAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1901