Legal Opinion
Brooklyn Public Library v. City of New York
New York Court of Appeals
Decided April 16, 1929PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHubbs, J.
Prior to 1901 Andrew Carnegie offered to give to the city of New York $5,000,000 for the purpose of erecting branch circulating public libraries upon condition that the city should furnish the sites. As a result of that offer, chapter 580 of the Laws of 1901 was enacted. It authorized the city, through its Board of Estimate and Apportionment, to enter into contracts with Mr. Carnegie or his representatives for the building and maintenance of new libraries and for the maintenance of existing libraries. There existed in the borough of Brooklyn two library corporations, the “ Brooklyn Library ”…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- City of New York v. New York City Railway Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1908
- In re the Brooklyn Public LibraryAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1922
3Cited by40 opinions
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- Beacon Terminal Corp. v. Chemprene, Inc.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1980
- Kama Rippa Music, Inc. v. SchekerykCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1975
- Matthews v. Jeremiah Burns, Inc.New York Supreme Court · 1954
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