Taylor v. Kelly

Section 685 of the Greater New York Charter (as added by Laws of 1921, chap. 204) was not repealed by the enactment of chapter 565 of the Laws of 1929, a general law for the entire *569State. It is a fact that the general law added a provision by which it provided: “ * * * Any public relief received by such person shall constitute an implied contract.” (Public Welfare Law, § 128.) This statute, however, did not take away power provided by the charter, but, if anything, added to its provisions by a general law, so that the right of recovery may be had, not only under the general law, but under…