Opinion
Argued June 1, 1931
Decided June 16, 1931
Appeal from the Supreme Court, Appellate Division, First Department.
Arthur J.W. Hilly, Corporation Counsel ( Henry J. Shields and J. Joseph Lilly of counsel), for appellants.
John Vance Hewitt and F.W.H. Adams for respondent.
Appeal dismissed, with costs, on the ground that by lapse of time the controversy has become academic; no opinion.
Concur: CARDOZO, Ch. J., POUND, CRANE, LEHMAN, KELLOGG and HUBBS, JJ. Not sitting: O'BRIEN, J.