New York Court of Appeals, 1943

Matter of Steinberg v. Meisser

New York Court of Appeals · Decided October 22, 1943 · Conway

51 N.E.2d 945; 291 N.Y. 685; 1943 N.Y. LEXIS 1788 (North Eastern Reporter, Second Series)

Opinion of the Court

Order affirmed, without costs. The proposed local law is not a new charter but an amendment of the existing charter. We decide no other question.

Concur: LEHMAN, Ch. J., LOUGHRAN, LEWIS, DESMOND and THACHER, JJ.

RIPPEY and CONWAY, JJ., dissent on the ground that the proposed local law changes so essentially the structure of the government of the city as to constitute a new charter. *Page 687

Opinion of the Court

Order affirmed, without costs. The proposed local law is not a new charter but an amendment of the existing charter. We decide no other question.

Concur: Lehman, Ch. J., Loughban, Lewis, Desmond and Thacheb, JJ.

Dissenting Opinion

Rippey and Conway, JJ.,

dissent on the ground that the proposed local law changes so essentially the structure of the government of the city as to. constitute a new charter.

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