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Torts · MBE-tested
William Rockefeller, Respondent, v. Oliver Lamora, Appellant
186 N.Y. 567·New York Court of Appeals·1906·NY
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Opinion
William Rockefeller, Respondent, v. Oliver Lamora, Appellant.
Rockefeller v. Lamora, 106 App. Div. 345, affirmed.
(Argued October 18, 1906;
decided November 13, 1906.)
Appeal from a judgment of - the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the third judicial department, entered July 5,1905, affirming a judgment in favor of plaintiff entered upon a verdict directed by the court and an order denying a motion for a new trial in an action to recover a penalty under the provisions of the Forest, Fish and Game Law because of defendant’s trespassing upon and taking fish from a stream where it flowed across plaintiff’s private park.
J. Newton Fiero for appellant.
John P. Fellas for respondent.
[MAJORITY]
Judgment affirmed, with costs ; no opinion.
Concur: Cullen, Ch. J., Haight,Vann, Werner, Willard Bartlett and Hiscook, JJ. Absent: Gray, J.