New York Court of Appeals, 1938

People v. Klinge

People v. Klinge
New York Court of Appeals · Decided January 4, 1938 · Hubbs
12 N.E.2d 161; 276 N.Y. 292; 1938 N.Y. LEXIS 1187 (North Eastern Reporter, Second Series)

People v. Klinge

Opinion of the Court

Hubbs, J.

The judgments should be reversed and the information dismissed upon the ground that chapter 23, article 13, section 153, subdivision 2 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of New York referring to the fifth ward of Queens borough is unreasonable, arbitrary, oppressive and discriminatory. (Cf. People v. Cohen, 272 N. Y. 319; People v. Kuc, 272 N. Y. 72; Matter of Mid-State Advertising Corp. v. Bond, 274 N. Y. 82.)

Crane, Ch. J., Lehman, O’Brien, Loughran, Finch and Rippey, JJ., concur.

Judgments reversed, etc.

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