Legal Opinion
Oneida County Forest Preserve Council v. Wehle
New York Court of Appeals
Decided July 8, 1955PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBurke, J.
The Conservation Commissioner and the Director of Lands and Forests appeal to this court from an order of the Appellate Division, Fourth Department, granting its consent to the respondents, Oneida County Forest Preserve Council and Ralph Atwater, its president, to institute suit against the appellants to restrain the violation by them of section 1 of article XIV of the New York State Constitution.
Among other grounds which do not here merit extended treatment, the appellants contend that the council, being a membership corporation, is not a ‘1 citizen ’ ’ within the meaning of section 4 of…
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