Village of Lynbrook v. Cadoo

The question in this case is whether the appellant, the incorporated village of Lynbrook in the county of Nassau, may maintain an action to cancel of record a map or plan of a subdivision of land filed by the respondent George J. Cadoo in the office of the county clerk of Nassau county on September 4, 1926, without the approval of the planning board of the village. The planning board was established and organized prior to the date of such filing, under authority of Laws of 1926, chapter 719, entitled “ An Act to amend the village law, in relation to official maps and planning commissions.”…