Vitelli v. Allsopp

Application by the Village Clerk on behalf of the Village of Lynbrook for an order declaring that a petition for a referendum filed with the Village Clerk on December 24,1968 respecting the resolution adopted on November 25, 1968 by the Board of Trustees of the Village to be insufficient and invalid is granted.

First, assuming the validity of all the 1,129 signatures on the contested December, 1968 petition, those signatures do not constitute the necessary 10% of the qualified electors of a first class village, as required by section 139-a of the Village Law. I take judicial notice that…