People Ex Rel. O'Connor v. Board of Supervisors
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the second judicial department, entered March 5,1897, which dismissed a writ of certiorari to review the action of the board of supervisors of Queens county in establishing a fire district in the town of Oyster Bay. The facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion. The petition was fatally defective.
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Appeal from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the second judicial department, entered March 5,1897, which dismissed a writ of certiorari to review the action of the board of supervisors of Queens county in establishing a fire district in the town of Oyster Bay. The facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion. The petition was fatally defective. (L. 1896, ch. 902, § 37; L. 1892, ch. 686, § 37; L. 1895, ch. 937.) The learned Appellate Division erred in dismissing the writ, upon the ground that, in its opinion, the .act of the board of supervisors, in…
1Opinion of the CourtHaight, J.
On the 30th day of July, 1896, the board of supervisors of Queens county passed the following resolution : “ An act to provide for the formation of a fire district within the town of. Oyster Bay, Queens county, E. Y.
“ The board of supervisors of Queens county, pursuant to section 37 of an act known as the County Law, do enact as follows:
“ Whebeas, a petition was, on the 30th day of July, 1896, duly presented to the board of supervisors of Queens county, praying that a district duly described in said petition be declared a fire district pursuant to section 37 of the County Law, and it…
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