Legal Opinion
Powhatan Democratic Club v. Curran
New York Supreme Court
Decided October 23, 1954PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the CourtTaylor, J.
The petitioner, a corporation which was incorporated pursuant to the provisions of the Membership Corporations Law on July 7, 1933, has filed with the respondent a certificate to change its name from Powhatan Democratic Club of Twenty-third Assembly District Manhattan, Inc. to Powhatan Democratic Club of Fifteenth Assembly District, N. Y. County, Inc. The necessity for altering the name arose because of redistricting legislation. The respondent rejected the certificate on the ground that the name to be assumed included the name of a political party, the consent of the chairman of whose county…
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