Legal Opinion · Dissent
Kress v. Village of Watkins Glen
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided November 15, 1934Published
1Dissent
Rhodes, J. (dissenting).
Plaintiff seeks a declaratory judgment as to whether a special election held in the village of Watkins Glen was legal and effective for the purpose of reincorporating said village under the Village Law. The charter of the village was created by special act, chapter 36 of the Laws of 1918, by which the former corporate existence was continued. (See Laws of 1861, chap. 125.) Later the name was changed to Watkins Glen by chapter 550 of the Laws of 1926. On November 28, 1933, a special election was held for the purpose of voting upon *857the following proposition: “ Shall the…
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- Village of Lynbrook v. CadooNew York Court of Appeals · 1929
- Gwynne v. Board of Education of Union Free School District No. 3New York Court of Appeals · 1932
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