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Legal Opinion

Opn. No.

New York Attorney General Reports

Decided August 25, 1977Published

1Opinion of the Court

CHARLES H. CLARK, ESQ. Canajoharie

We acknowledge receipt of your letter stating that your village recently established the office of one village justice and that there has not yet been appointed an acting village justice. You request our opinion whether an acting village justice must be appointed. You also inquire about what jurisdiction a town justice has in connection with cases arising within a village constituting a part of the town when that village has established the office of village justice.

In our opinion, based upon an informal opinion of this office reported in 1976 Op. Atty. Gen.…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. People v. MonahanNew York Court of Appeals · 1931
  2. People ex rel. Saloom v. WhitneyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1898
  3. People v. Baltusnik, New York County Courts1937
  4. People v. MulliganSuffolk County District Court · 1970
  5. People v. Humphreyville, New York County Courts1966

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