Leary v. Village of Lawrence

Plaintiffs move for dismissal of defenses and for judgment on the pleadings canceling, as a cloud on title, the lien of taxes imposed by the village of Lawrence upon the lands placed within that village by the. legislative alteration of the boundary between Queens and Nassau counties (Laws of 1928, chap. 802), taking effect April 5, 1928. The lands had previously been part of New York city. The Boundary Alteration Act made no express *550provision in regard to taxation of the land, but the village trustees took proceedings under section 109-a of the Village Law (added by Laws of 1927, chap. 650,…