Legal Opinion
McLean v. Boyd
New York Supreme Court
Decided April 27, 1931PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtPersonius, J.
The petitioner is a taxpayer and elector of the city of Bingamton. The defendants are the mayor, president of the common council, councilmen and clerk of said city.
On March 30, 1931, at ten-thirty o’clock a. m., a petition was filed with the city clerk, signed by 5,086 qualified electors of the city, under the “ Optional City Government Law ” (Laws of 1914, chap. 444), asking that there be submitted to a vote the question: “ Shall the City of Binghamton adopt a simplified form of government defined as Plan C.” Section 19 of that law provides: “ The common council shall at its next regular…
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- Matter of Mayor, Etc., of New York (Elm St.)New York Court of Appeals · 1927
- Cleveland v. . City of WatertownNew York Court of Appeals · 1917
- Palmer v. Hickory Grove CemeteryAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1903
- Matter of Klein v. DaltonNew York Court of Appeals · 1927
- Webster v. Town of White PlainsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1904
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