Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, 1971

Messina v. City of Batavia

Messina v. City of Batavia
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York · Decided December 9, 1971
38 A.D.2d 678; 327 N.Y.S.2d 266; 1971 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 2773
Messina v. City of Batavia

Opinion of the Court

Order and judgment unanimously modified accordance with the memorandum and as modified affirmed, without costs. Memorandum: Since the action is one for declaratory judgment the court should have declared the validity of the resolutions of March 9, 1970 and June 29, 1970 instead of dismissing the amended complaint (see Lanza v. Wagner, 11 N Y 2d 317, 334; Town of Pittsford v. Gallea, 25 A D 2d 479, affd. 18 N Y 2d 920; 24 Carmody-Wait 2d, New York Practice, ยง 147:37). (Appeal from judgment and order of Erie Special Term dismissing complaint *679in declaratory judgment action.) Present โ€” Del Vecchio, J. P., Witmer, Gabrielli, Cardamone and Henry, JJ.

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