Udall v. Trustees

Decided August 15, 1821

New York Supreme Court · decided 1821-08-15

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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Decided 1821-08-15

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¶1This 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 Court below must, therefore, be affirmed.

¶2Judgment affirmed: