Common Council v. Town Board of Bethlehem

Applications are made by petitioner Common Council for judgment that the proposed annexation to the City of Albany of certain territory in the Town of Bethlehem is in the over-all public interest, the applications being made in proceedings for an adjudication and determination of that issue brought pursuant to section 712 of the Municipal Annexation Law (General Municipal Law, art. 17). The territory comprises two separate areas, in respect of which separate proceedings were brought.

Upon the commencement of the proceeding, the court, by order of reference made pursuant to said section 712,…