In re Egan
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendants, The Board of Water Supply of the City of .New Tork and others, from an order of the -Supreme Court, made at the New Tork Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New Tork on the 13th day of November., 1.911.
1DissentScott, J.
In my opinion the order appealed from should be reversed.
The only statute bearing upon the question, and the only one relied upon by the petitioner, is section 51 of the General Municipal Law (Consol. Laws, chap. 24; Laws of 1909, chap. 29), for section 1545 of the Greater Hew York charter (Laws of 1901, chap. 466), which is also what is called a publicity statute, refers only to heads of departments and chiefs of bureaus. Section 51 of the General Municipal Law provides that: “All books of minutes, entry or account, and the books, bills, vouchers, checks, contracts or other papers connected…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Chegaray v. . the Mayor, C., of New-YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1855
- Walter v. McClellanAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1906
- Terrell v. StrongNew York Supreme Court · 1895
- Walter v. . McClellanNew York Court of Appeals · 1907