New York Court of Appeals, 1969

Turner v. Lawley

New York Court of Appeals · Decided October 28, 1969

25 N.Y.2d 963; 252 N.E.2d 855; 305 N.Y.S.2d 357; 1969 N.Y. LEXIS 1038

Cases that cite this one

5 later published cases cite this decision.

Higby v. Mahoney (N.Y. 1979)
Braxton v. Mahoney (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 1984)
Sheehan v. Scaringe (New York Supreme Court 1983)
Denn v. Mahoney (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 1976)
Talbot v. Mahoney (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 1976)

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Opinion of the Court

*965Memorandum. Notwithstanding our decision in Matter of Gaines v. Board of Election (25 N Y 2d 807), we adhere to the long-established substantial compliance rule announced in Matter of Simpson v. Cohen (275 N. Y. 642) and reaffirmed in Matter of De Luca v. McNab (16 N Y 2d 835). (See, also, Matter of Rosen v. McNab, 25 N Y 2d 798.) To whatever extent our decision in Gaines is inconsistent with the result herein, it is hereby overruled.

Chief Judge Fuld and Judges Burke, Scileppi, Bergan, Breitel, Jasen and Gibson concur.

Order reversed, without costs, and the order of Special Term reinstated in a memorandum.

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