New York Court of Appeals, 1961

Town of Cheektowaga v. Levitt

Town of Cheektowaga v. Levitt
New York Court of Appeals · Decided November 16, 1961
10 N.Y.2d 931; 179 N.E.2d 856

Town of Cheektowaga v. Levitt

Opinion of the Court

Order affirmed, without costs, in the following memorandum: The legislative grant to the State Comptroller, under subdivision 2 of section 173 of the Town Law, of power to approve or disapprove fire districts was constitutionally valid as incidental to the Comptroller’s “ powers and duties pertaining to or connected with the assessment and taxation of real estate ” (N. T. Const, art. V, § 1). No opinion.

Concur: Chief Judge Desmond and Judges Dye, Fuld, Froessel, Van Voorhis, Burke and Foster.

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