Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Appellant, v. William B. Waters et al., Respondents
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1907-05-21
Citations: 188 N.Y. 632
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Appellant, v. William B. Waters et al., Respondents.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 188
Pages: 632–633

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Appellant, v. William B. Waters et al., Respondents.
(Argued May 6, 1907;
decided May 21, 1907.)
People v. Waters, 114 App. Div. 669, affirmed.
Appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the fourth judicial department, entered July 18, 1906, affirming a judgment in favor of defendants entered upon a verdict in an action to recover a penalty for a violation of section 27 of the Agricultural Law in the sale of renovated butter.
William B. Jaeleson, Attorney-General (Martin F. Dillon of counsel), for appellant.
Edward W Gregg for respondents.

Opinion:
Judgment affirmed, with costs, upon the ground that while an oral warning by the seller that the butter is renovated but ter is no excuse for a failure to comply with the statute, still, in view of the concession that the tub was marked according to the statute, the charge of the judge was "wholly immaterial; no opinion.
Concur: Gray, O'Brien, Vann, Werner, Willard Bartlett and Chase, JJ. Absent: Cullen, Ch. J.