Legal Opinion
Cromarty v. Leonard
New York Supreme Court
Decided January 26, 1961PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtL. Barron Hill, J.
This proceeding poses one question, viz.: Has the Chairman of the Board of Supervisors of Suffolk County the power to record an abstention by a Supervisor as a negative vote?
The Suffolk County Charter (L. 1958, ch. 278) became a law March 21, 1958. The drafters, skilled in urban municipal law, were given the task of providing an alternative form of government tailor-made for Suffolk County. They failed to envisage the ingenuity and sophistication of rural lawmakers.
The facts are not in dispute. Petitioner, Arthur M. Cromarty, is the Supervisor of Babylon Township and, as such, sits on the…
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- People ex rel. Argus Co. v. BreslerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1902
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