Matter of Kuhn v. Curran

Lehman, Ch. J.

The petitioner, a resident and taxpayer in Nassau County, asks in these two proceedings for orders in the nature of mandamus directing the Secretary of State and the Commissioner of Taxation and Finance of the State of New York “ to disregard Chapter 617 of the Laws of 1944 ” and to discharge their official duties “ as if said statute had not been enacted ”. The challenged statute is entitled “ An Act to amend the judiciary law, in relation to altering the state into ten judicial districts of the state and providing for the number of justices in the second and tenth judicial…