Halls v. Van Buren

This is a proceeding pursuant to the provisions of article 78 of the Civil Practice Law and Rules in which the petitioner seeks to have declared null and void a certain resolution of the Board of Trustees of the Village of Chatham, respondent, that declared the office of Clerk-Treasurer of the village vacant on April 5,1965. Until that date, petitioner was the Clerk-Treasurer of the village, having been appointed on December 28, 1963, and reappointed to a full two-year term on April 6, 1964. There is no dispute as to the reason for the declaration of the vacancy by the board which is…