Ludlam v. Town Board of Oyster Bay

Upon the petition for certiorari order and the papers attached thereto and recited therein, the order of this court made thereon and the return filed by the town board of the town of Oyster Bay pursuant to said order and the various papers and exhibits attached thereto and recited therein, we find as matter of fact that the petition presented to the town board on August 14, 1923, for the establishment of a water district at Oyster Bay in said town was signed and acknowledged by more than a majority of the owners of the taxable real property within the territory in which it was proposed to…