Legal Opinion
Opn. No.
New York Attorney General Reports
Decided February 22, 1977Published
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN P. SULLIVAN, ESQ. Town Attorney, Whitestown
This is in response to your letter of February 2, 1977 wherein you ask for our opinion on four questions relating to a sewage-works corporation in the Town of Whitestown, formed in 1962 under Transportation Corporations Law, Article 10.
Your first question asks if the sewage-works corporation may charge hookup fees where it was formed with the consent of the Town Board, but consent to the charging of the hookup fees was neither asked for by the corporation nor given by the Town Board.
Transportation Corporations Law, § 121, states that a…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- New York Telephone Co. v. Siegel-Cooper Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1911
- Wecker v. Brooklyn, Queens County & Suburban RailroadAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1910
- The Raymond-Hadley Corporation v. . Boston and Maine Rd.New York Court of Appeals · 1920