Legal Opinion

Spano v. City of Middletown

New York Supreme Court

Decided August 22, 1938PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtNolan, J.

This action is brought pursuant to section 51 of the General Municipal Law to restrain the issuance and delivery of bonds of the city of Middletown, which bonds are about to be issued for the purpose of financing the erection of a new high school as a P. W- A. project. The contention of the plaintiff is that since the charter of the city requires that the vote upon such a proposition shall be by ballot, unless the common council by resolution at the time of designating the time and place of election, shall permit the use of voting machines, and since no such designation was made and voting…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. The People v. . CookNew York Court of Appeals · 1853
  2. People Ex Rel. Hirsh v. . WoodNew York Court of Appeals · 1895
  3. Salducco v. EtkinNew York Supreme Court · 1935
  4. McCabe v. GrossNew York Court of Appeals · 1937
  5. In re MerowAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1906

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. School Committee of Winslow v. Inhabitants of WinslowSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1979
  2. Beck v. AnthonyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1940

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