Legal Opinion

Brown v. Mount Vernon Housing Authority

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided January 14, 1952PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

There was no formal approval by the State Division of Housing of the employment of plaintiffs. Such approval was, under the State loan agreement, a condition precedent to a binding contract between plaintiffs and defendant. Defendant, by its agreement with the State and the City of Mount Vernon, limited, as it could, the exercise of its general power to hire architects. (Public Housing Law, §§ 32, 37, subd. 1, el. [q].) Defendant's resolutions specifically conditioned the employment of the architects upon the approval of the State Division of Housing. The provisions of the loan agreement and…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Seif v. City of Long BeachNew York Court of Appeals · 1941
  2. Patterson v. . MeyerhoferNew York Court of Appeals · 1912
  3. Pratt v. . Hudson River Railroad CompanyNew York Court of Appeals · 1860
  4. Zadek v. Olds, Wortman & KingAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1915
  5. Kenneth v. NewgoldAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1918

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Lutzken v. City of RochesterAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1959
  2. Cassella v. City of SchenectadyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1953
  3. North Country Development Corp. v. Massena Housing AuthorityNew York Supreme Court · 1970
  4. State Ex Rel. Anderson v. BellowsSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1970
  5. Kelly v. Cohoes Housing AuthorityAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1967

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