In re Norton
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the Springfield, L. I., Cemetery Society and by certain of its directors from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the Kings County Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Kings on the 30th day of December, 1914, in a proceeding under section 16 of the Membership Corporations Law (Consol. Laws, chap. 35; Laws of 1909, chap. 40), for a visitation of the cemetery society.
1Opinion of the Court
Putnam, J.:
On the petitioner’s application the court at Special Term devolved upon a referee the power of visitation to be exercised under section 16 of the Membership Corporations Law (Consol. Laws, chap. 35; Laws of 1909, chap. 40) with certain conclusions as to the respective rights in this property and in the income from sales of cemetery lots. The cemetery society and certain of its directors have appealed from each and every part of this order.
Will an appeal lie from such an order, which is not final ? The power of visitation over a corporation originally was administrative and not…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- In Re Commissioner of Public WorksNew York Court of Appeals · 1906
- In re The Commissioner of Public Works of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1906
- In re GreeneAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1912
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- In re NortonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1915