McComb v. Town of Brookhaven

In a special proceeding brought by the respondent MeComb, an elector of the Town of Brookhaven, to declare invalid petitions for a referendum to approve or disapprove a town resolution for the purchase of certain lands for public use (Town Law, § 91), the intervenors (who had filed such petitions) appeal from so much of an order of the Supreme Court, Suffolk County, dated August 23, 1962, as declared the petitions to be invalid and as declared that the Town Board is not required by virtue of said petitions to submit the resolution to the electors of the town for their approval or disapproval.…