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Blackburn v. Clements

Court of Appeals of the State of New York
May 20, 1948
80 N.E.2d 358 (N.Y. 1948)

Opinion

Argued March 16, 1948

Decided May 20, 1948

Appeal from the Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Third Department, BERGAN, J.

John W. Manning and Edward S. Godfrey for appellants.

Joseph J. Casey for respondent.


A school district is not a municipal corporation within the meaning of section 51 of the General Municipal Law. ( Brooks v. Wyman, 246 N.Y. 534.) That question was not raised or considered in Judd v. Board of Education ( 278 N.Y. 200). The first question certified is answered in the negative, the orders are reversed and the complaint dismissed, with costs in all courts. The second question certified is not answered.

LOUGHRAN, Ch. J., LEWIS, CONWAY, DESMOND, THACHER, DYE and FULD, JJ., concur.

Orders reversed, etc.


Summaries of

Blackburn v. Clements

Court of Appeals of the State of New York
May 20, 1948
80 N.E.2d 358 (N.Y. 1948)
Case details for

Blackburn v. Clements

Case Details

Full title:JOHN H. BLACKBURN, Respondent, v. ANDREW V. CLEMENTS et al., Constituting…

Court:Court of Appeals of the State of New York

Date published: May 20, 1948

Citations

80 N.E.2d 358 (N.Y. 1948)
80 N.E.2d 358

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