Baker v. Marley

The defendant Marley, Mayor of the Village of East Hampton, Long Island, participated in meetings of the Board of Trustees which adopted resolutions leading to the condemnation of various parcels of real property, including one owned by the Mayor and others.

The plaintiffs ’ complaint, filed in an action brought under the provisions of section 51 of the General Municipal Law to have the resolutions declared void, has been dismissed.

The legality of the board’s actions depends on the applicability of section 332 of the Village Law. That section provides, inter alia, that a village official shall…