Nelson v. Hanna

— Order unanimously affirmed, without costs. Memorandum: We affirm for the reason, as noted by Special Term, that section 20 of the Utica City Charter (L 1862, ch 18, as amd by L 1876, ch 371, § 7; L 1899, ch 282, § 1; L 1953, ch 878, § 301) limits the rights of the boards, departments, and officers who are to be advised by the Corporation Counsel to employ outside counsel, but does not limit the right of the Corporation Counsel to do so. Section 20, therefore, does not conflict with or limit section 201 of the Second Class Cities Law (L 1906, ch 473, § 201, as amd by L 1921, ch 363, § 1),…