Legal Opinion
Grove Hill Realty Co. v. Ferncliff Cemetery Ass'n
New York Court of Appeals
Decided March 3, 1960PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Desmond, Ch. J.
Plaintiff sued for a declaratory judgment but the courts below entered a declaratory judgment in favor of defendant State Cemetery Board. The other respondent, that is, defendant Ferncliff Cemetery Association, a nonprofit membership corporation (see Membership Corporations Law, art. IX), intervened but takes no position on this appeal.
The judgment appealed from declares “ that Section 87, subdivision 2 and Section 86-a of the Membership Corporation Law of the State of New York are valid and constitutional insofar as they affect the agreement of the plaintiff, Grove Hill Realty…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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- Manigault v. SpringsSupreme Court of the United States · 1905
- Defiance Milk Products Co. v. Du MondNew York Court of Appeals · 1956
- Matter of People (Tit. Mtge. Guar. Co.)New York Court of Appeals · 1934
- Twentieth Century Associates, Inc. v. WaldmanNew York Court of Appeals · 1945
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3Cited by9 opinions
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- Reed v. Knollwood Park Cemetery, Inc.District Court, E.D. New York · 1977
- Rotodyne, Inc. v. Consolidated Edison Co.New York Supreme Court · 1975
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