Grishaber v. Town of Callicoon
New York Supreme Court
1Opinion of the CourtBebgan, J.
In Echo Lake Corp. v. Town of Mount Pleasant (249 App. Div. 736) the Appellate Divisiom, Second Department, passed upon the liability of a town for a contract made by the water district which had been dissolved by the town board in pursuance of chapter 113 of the Laws of 1925. It held the town liable for the contract of the abolished district. By the act of 1925 section 305-a was added to the Town Law. It provided for the dissolution of a water district by the town board, and further provided that “ all existing indebtedness of any such district shall, notwithstanding the dissolution thereof…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Holroyd v. . Town of Indian LakeNew York Court of Appeals · 1905
- Echo Lake Corp. v. Town of Mount PleasantAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1936