Legal Opinion
Baer v. Kolmorgen
New York Supreme Court
Decided December 15, 1958PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtElbert T. Gallagher, J.
In the year 1956 in the Village of Ossining a committee was formed, known and hereinafter designated as the Creche Committee. Its membership consisted of Catholics, Protestants and Jews. Its purpose was to solicit funds to enable the committee to erect, a Nativity Scene within the village during the Christmas season.
An application was made by the committee to the Board of Education of Ossining School District No. 1 for permission to construct the scene on the lawn of the Ossining Junior-Senior High.School. By resolution duly adopted the board granted the committee’s request and the Creche was…
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