Matter of Allen
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, entered December 4, 1911, which reversed an order of Special Term directing that petitioner he permitted to inspect certain records in the department of health of the city of New York.
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Appeal from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, entered December 4, 1911, which reversed an order of Special Term directing that petitioner he permitted to inspect certain records in the department of health of the city of New York. Section 1175 of the charter does not give the board of health power to refuse access to the records arbitrarily, but merely authorizes it to regulate inspection by means of rules, which must be reasonable. (L. 1901, ch. 466, § 1175.) . The rule restricting the right of inspection to those who have a private…
1Opinion of the CourtWillard Bartlett, J.
This case differs essentially from Matter of Egan (decided herewith), in which we have held that a taxpayer is entitled under section 51 of the General Municipal Law to an inspection of the public documents upon which the commissioners of water supply of the city of ¡New York acted in awarding a contract for the construction of a tunnel under the Hudson river at Storm King. In the opinion in that case it was pointed out that the far-reaching right of inspection conferred upon taxpayers by section 51 of the General Municipal Law might be limited by special statutes relative to public"…
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