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  • Brower v. Peabody

    2 Abb. Pr. 211 · New York Court of Appeals · Jul 1, 1855

    The answer,of Peabody states, “that the receipts so given contained a statement of the receipt in good order from the said John Brown on board the ship Fidelia, of the said fifty casks of potashes, describing them by their … The familiar principle is thus stated in Saltus v.

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  • New York State Dormitory Authority v. Board of Trustees of Hyde Park Fire & Water District

    86 N.Y.2d 72 · New York Court of Appeals · Jun 29, 1995

    The court in Town of Cheektowaga v Niagara Frontier Transp. … (See also, Cummins v U. S. Life Tit. Ins.

    Cited 9 timesPublished
  • Susquehanna Bank v. . Supervisors of Broome County

    25 N.Y. 312 · New York Court of Appeals · Sep 5, 1862

    The following are some of the principal cases upon the point: Moores v. Smedley ( 6 Johns. Ch., 28 ); Wiggin v. The Mayor, c., of N.Y . ( 9 Paige, 16 ); Van Dorn v. The Same (id., 388); The Mayor of Brooklyn v. … Life Insurance Co . v. The Supervisors of the City of N.Y . ( 4 Duer, 192 ); Heywood v. The City of Buffalo (4 Kern.; 534).

    Cited 36 timesPublished
  • Board of Education of the City School District of the City of Lockport v. Licata

    42 N.Y.2d 815 · New York Court of Appeals · May 12, 1977

    The rules and regulations of plaintiff board of education, which have the force of law unless in conflict with statute (Education Law, § 2503; Matter of Stone v Gross, 25 AD2d 753, affd 19 NY2d 675 ), permit military leaves … We read the board’s regulation here as intended to accomplish its purpose in harmony and not in conflict with section 242.

    Cited 6 timesPublished
  • O'Hagan v. Board of Trustees of the New York City Fire Department Pension Fund

    55 N.Y.2d 784 · New York Court of Appeals · Dec 17, 1981

    It was proper for the Appellate Division to remand the matter to respondent board of trustees for a fair consideration of petitioner’s application, there being no reason to presume that an unbiased board would not properly

    Cited 2 timesPublished
  • Claim of Burris v. Lewis

    2 N.Y.2d 323 · New York Court of Appeals · Feb 28, 1957

    Owens v. … Y. 1013 ; the carrying of a sack of grass seed (Matter of Moreland v. Brown Milling Co., 279 App. Div. 1107 , motion for leave to appeal denied 304 N.

    Cited 18 timesPublished
  • People Ex Rel. New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad v. Board of Railroad Commissioners

    175 N.Y. 516 · New York Court of Appeals · Jun 23, 1903

    Cited 2 timesPublished
  • Matter of Rupert v. . Rees

    212 N.Y. 514 · New York Court of Appeals · Oct 8, 1914

    1913, requiring proof by the affidavits in the form prescribed of himself and two qualified electors as the condition of the registration of an elector without his personal appearance at the first meeting of the registry board … This court in Matter of Fraser v. Brown ( 203 N.

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  • People v. Townes

    41 N.Y. 97 · New York Court of Appeals · Dec 20, 1976

    After he was indicted, Townes sent a letter to the New York City Civilian Complaint Review Board (hereinafter "Review Board”) in which he claimed that he had been illegally beaten by police officers on the night of the incident … United States, 371 US 471, 487 , quoting Nardone v United States, 308 US 338, 341 ; see Brown v Illinois, 422 US 590, 603-604 ; People v Martinez, 37 NY2d 662 ).

    Cited 2 timesPublished
  • Matter of Daniel Kasckarow v. Board of Examiners of Sex Offenders of State of New York

    25 N.Y.3d 1039 · New York Court of Appeals · May 7, 2015

    . ----------------------------------------------------------------- No. 56 In the Matter of Daniel Kasckarow, Appellant, v. … The Board of Examiners of Sex Offenders (the Board) determined that petitioner was required to register in New York under the Sex Offender Registration Act (SORA) because he had been convicted of a sex offense within the

    Cited 6 timesPublished
  • Champney v. . Blanchard

    39 N.Y. 111 · New York Court of Appeals · Mar 5, 1868

    , Exr., v. … The case of Moore v. Darton (7 Eng.

    Cited 29 timesPublished
  • White v. . Livingston

    174 N.Y. 538 · New York Court of Appeals · Apr 9, 1903

    Cited 2 timesPublished
  • Pinnacle Charter School v. Board of Regents of University of the State of New York

    22 N.Y.3d 951 · New York Court of Appeals · Oct 22, 2013

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  • Hunter v. N. Y., Ontario & Western R. Co.

    116 N.Y. 615 · New York Court of Appeals · Dec 3, 1889

    Co., 37 N.Y. 174 ; Woods v. Wilder, 43 id. 164.) Of the general course of business in a community, including the universal practice of the banks. ( Nat. Bk . v. Hall, 83 N.Y. 338 ; Yerkes v. Nat. Bk., 69 id. 382, 387 .) … J., POTTER and PARKER, JJ., concur; BRADLEY and VANN, JJ., dissent for the reason that the ground upon which Judge BROWN founds his conclusion was *Page 625 not specifically raised at the trial, and it does not necessarily

    Cited 51 timesPublished
  • People v. Witenski

    15 N.Y.2d 392 · New York Court of Appeals · Apr 22, 1965

    Brown v. Board of Supervisors (3 How. Prac. [N. S.] 1, 3, affd. 39 Hun 654 , memorandum opn. in 4 N. Y. Crim. Rep. 102, 108, affd. on opn. below 102 N. … Saunders v. Board of Supervisors , 1 Sheld. 517, 524). Again in 1883 in the much-cited People ex rel. Burgess v. Risley ( 66 How.

    Cited 48 timesPublished
  • People Ex Rel. Niagara Falls Hydraulic Power & Manufacturing Co. v. State Board of Tax Commissioners

    202 N.Y. 426 · New York Court of Appeals · Jun 16, 1911

    The certiorari in this case was issued to review the determination of the respondent, the state board of tax commissioners, in the assessment of the special franchises of the relator in the city of Niagara Falls. … Jamaica Water Supply Co. v. State Board of Tax Commissioners, 196 N.

    Cited 6 timesPublished
  • Olcott v. . Tioga Railroad Company

    27 N.Y. 546 · New York Court of Appeals · Sep 5, 1863

    Those were duties which belonged to the board of managers, and could only be conferred upon other officers or agents with their consent (McCullough v. Moss, 5 Denio, 575 ; Hoyt v. Thompson, 1 Sold., 320.) … (Davoue v. Fanning, 2 Johns. Ch., 267 , 268; Munro v. Allaire, 2 Caines Cas., 194 ; Whelpdale v. Cookson, 1 Ves., Sen., 9; S. C., 5 Ves., 682; Harrington v. Brown, 5 Pick., 519.)

    Cited 68 timesPublished
  • People Ex Rel. Second Avenue Railroad v. Board of Commissioners of the Department of Public Parks

    97 N.Y. 37 · New York Court of Appeals · Oct 7, 1884

    It is claimed that order is not appealable and the case of Jones v. People ( 79 N. Y. 45 ), is referred to as an authority to that effect. … (People v. Walter, 68 N. Y. 403 .) A further objection was taken to the regularity of the writ. It was directed to the board of commissioners of the department of public parks.

    Cited 33 timesPublished
  • Board of Education of Patchogue-Medford Union Free School District v. Patchogue-Medford Congress of Teachers

    48 N.Y.2d 812 · New York Court of Appeals · Nov 20, 1979

    Forum v City of Binghamton, 44 NY2d 23 , 28-29; Rochester City School Dist. v Rochester Teachers Assn., 41 NY2d 578, 582-583 ).

    Cited 29 timesPublished
  • People Ex Rel. New York City & Westchester Railway Co. v. Board of Railroad Commissioners

    176 N.Y. 577 · New York Court of Appeals · Nov 10, 1903

    Cited 1 timesPublished

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