Cort v. Smith
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the CourtEdgcomb, J.
This controversy comes to us upon an agreed statement of facts. Plaintiff, a taxpayer of the county of Monroe, seeks a declaratory judgment determining that article 2-A of the County Law (Laws of 1935, chap. 948) is unconstitutional, and declaring the rights and other legal relation of the parties.
Article 2-A was added to the County Law in 1935. It permits any county, other than one wholly included within a city, to adopt one of the two forms of government therein specified — Plan “ A,” known as the County President Form, or Plan “ B,” known as the County Manager Form.
*3The people of Monroe…
2Cases cited22 opinions
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- Board of Supervisors v. . EllisNew York Court of Appeals · 1875
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- Torres v. GrantNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1957
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