Long Island Lighting Co. v. Incorporated Village of New Hyde Park

Action to enjoin and restrain respondent village and its officers from submitting to a referendum of the voters of the village the question of whether a lighting system should be established and operated by said village. Order denying motion for an injunction pendente lite and order granting a motion to dismiss the complaint affirmed, with ten dollars costs and disbursements. The Village Law, section 241 et seq., authorized a village to establish a lighting system or acquire an existing private system. This statutory authority is not new. The statutes set out two coexisting or independent…