Legal Opinion

Bullock v. . Cooley

New York Court of Appeals

Decided February 25, 1919PublishedCited by 99 opinions

Appeal from a judgment, entered July 6, 1918, upon an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court" in the second judicial department, reversing a judgment in favor of defendants, entered upon a dismissal of the complaint by the court on trial at Special Term and directing judgment in favor of plaintiff. The nature of the" action and the facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion.

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Appeal from a judgment, entered July 6, 1918, upon an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court" in the second judicial department, reversing a judgment in favor of defendants, entered upon a dismissal of the complaint by the court on trial at Special Term and directing judgment in favor of plaintiff. The nature of the" action and the facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion. The court below erred in its interpretation of section 129 of the Education Law in so far as it held that school districts Nos. 7 and 10 of the town of Oyster Bay could not under such section be…

1Opinion of the CourtChase, J.

This action is brought by a taxpayer of former school district No. 7 of the town of Oyster Bay in the county of Nassau to restrain the defendants from carrying out, perfecting or in any way enforcing an order of the district superintendent of the first supervisory district of Nassau county, comprising the towns of Oyster Bay and North Hempstead, by which said school district No. 7, and also school district No. 10 of said town of Oyster Bay were dissolved and the territory thereof united to union free school district No. 9 of said town. So far as appears before us all persons in any way…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. City of New York v. New York City Railway Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1908
  2. People Ex Rel. Perkins v. . MossNew York Court of Appeals · 1907
  3. People Ex Rel. Williams v. . DaytonNew York Court of Appeals · 1874
  4. Grimmer v. . the Tenement House Dept. of the City of N.Y.New York Court of Appeals · 1912
  5. People Ex Rel. Bd. of Education v. . FinleyNew York Court of Appeals · 1914

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3Cited by99 opinions

  1. Donohue v. Copiague Union Free School DistrictNew York Court of Appeals · 1979
  2. Board of Education v. AmbachNew York Court of Appeals · 1987
  3. Baer v. NyquistNew York Court of Appeals · 1974
  4. James v. Board of EducationNew York Court of Appeals · 1977
  5. O'Connor v. EmersonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1921

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