New York Court of Appeals, 1940

People Ex Rel. Goldowitz v. Karnes

People Ex Rel. Goldowitz v. Karnes
New York Court of Appeals · Decided July 24, 1940
28 N.E.2d 977; 283 N.Y. 764; 1940 N.Y. LEXIS 1183 (North Eastern Reporter, Second Series)

People Ex Rel. Goldowitz v. Karnes

Opinion of the Court

Order affirmed, without costs; no opinion.

Concur: Loughran, Finch, Rippey, Sears, Lewis and Conway, JJ. Lehman, Ch. J., dissents on the ground that the cases which hold that there can be no casting vote unless there be a tie are based upon statutes which specifically so provide. In this case it appears from a reading of the statute that the Mayor has a casting vote whenever his vote would be a vote that turns the scab (Cf. Oxford Dictionary).

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