Seaview Ass'n of Fire Island, N. Y., Inc. v. Williams

Plaintiff, The Seaview Association of Fire Island, is a homeowners’ association which has acquired property in, and assumed some management responsibility for Seaview, an unincorporated community on Fire Island. Plaintiff has sought for some time to collect blanket pro rata assessments from certain homeowners, including the defendants in this action, who have chosen not to join the Seaview Association. Defendants’ persistent refusal to pay these assessments gave rise to this

lawsuit.

The legal theory upon which plaintiff relies is that, despite their nonmembership in the Seaview Association,…