Legal Opinion
Floyd-Jones v. Town Board of Oyster Bay
New York Court of Appeals
Decided November 27, 1928PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtPound, J.
The question is whether the action of the town board of Oyster Bay in the county of Nassau, in establishing the so-called Massapequa Water District in that town, complied with the provisions of law.
Jurisdiction to establish a water district in a town in the county of Nassau is obtained by filing a petition under the provisions of section 282 of the Town Law (Cons. Laws, ch. 62), as amended by chapter 711, Laws of 1926, which, so far as applicable, reads as follows:
“ § 282. 3. Town board may establish water district; petition. The town board * * °* in any town in the counties of Nassau and…
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