Case Name: In the Matter of Rose Berman, Appellant, v. George James, as Commissioner of the Department of Health of the City of New York and Chairman of the Board of Health of the City of New York, et al., Respondents
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1967-02-21
Citations: 27 A.D.2d 720
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of Rose Berman, Appellant, v. George James, as Commissioner of the Department of Health of the City of New York and Chairman of the Board of Health of the City of New York, et al., Respondents.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 27
Pages: 720–720

Head Matter:
In the Matter of Rose Berman, Appellant, v. George James, as Commissioner of the Department of Health of the City of New York and Chairman of the Board of Health of the City of New York, et al., Respondents.

Opinion:
Judgment dismissing the petition unanimously reversed on the consent of the respondent, without costs or disbursements to either party, the petition is reinstated and the matter remanded for determination by Special Term. The original declaration by Special Term should not have been made in view of its dismissal of the petition for lack of standing of the petitioner to maintain the declaratory judgment action. Accordingly, this petition should not have been dismissed. Concur — Botein, P. J., Stevens, Tilzer and Rabin, JJ.