New York Court of Appeals October 5, 1852 (Governors of the Almshouse of New York v. . Am. Art Union)

*Ruggles, O. J.

The plaintiffs, as overseers of * -J the poor of the city of New York, claim to recover from the defendants a penalty of $300, being three times the value of a picture No. 29, and entitled, “ The

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Huguenots going to worship in Charleston Harbor'/’ together with the further sum of ten dollars.