Abell v. Clarkson

Manning, J.:

The sole question for our decision is the constitutionality of chapter 20 of the Laws of 1923, entitled “ An act to extend the boundaries of the village of Cornwall, in the county of Orange.” Concretely stated, the contention of the plaintiff is that the act in question in effect creates a new village, which it is claimed is in violation of the general Village Law, while the defendants claim that the act merely takes in a small portion of additional territory, thereby increasing the size of a village already in existence, and that no new village is created or attempted to be…