People ex rel. City of New York v. Jansen

I cannot reconcile Parker v. Elmira, C. & N. R. Co., 165 N. Y. 274, cited by the relator, with Pratt Institute v. City of New York, 183 id. 151, cited by the defendants. In both of these cases decided by the Court of Appeals the question arose whether a subsequent general statute repeals, by implication, a prior special statute. In each case the subsequent general law was a revision of prior laws. The reasoning, employed and the canons of construction adopted in either ease would lead one to agree with the' conclusion there arrived at, if his attention were not directed to the other case.

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