New York Supreme Court, 1901

In re Plass

In re Plass
New York Supreme Court · Decided February 15, 1901 · Gaynor
2 Liquor Tax Rep. 451

Counsel

H. C. Spurr. for petitioner., Page & Ecldey, for respondent.

In re Plass

Opinion of the Court

Gaynor, J.:

I distrust this case. One of the witnesses for the petition, shows himself to be of poor character, and another of them refuses to answer touching his personal character and con*452duct, and cases like this, which they have brought, seem to have been discontinued without explanation. Proceedings such as these may be easily used for blackmail. Persons who engage in bringing proceedings like these, as a business, or in detecting the vices of others, ought themselves to be above suspicion. The application is dismissed.

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