Brooklyn Public Library v. City of New York
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
Carswell, J..
This plaintiff was constituted a corporate body by Laws of 1902, chapter 606, as amended by Laws of 1903, chapter 500, to be known as “ The Brooklyn Public Library.” It succeeded two previously existing corporations, created by special statutes, which owned and operated certain library properties in Brooklyn. This new corporate body was constituted to carry out the plan of receiving the gift of $5,200,000 from Andrew Carnegie to the city for library purposes. (Laws of 1901, chap. 580.) This plaintiff corporation (which had certain other sources of income) was authorized to…
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