Case Name: Rudolph F. Karasek et al., Respondents, v. Edward R. Hallenbeck, Jr., et al., Constituting the Town Board of the Town of Van Buren, et al.. Appellants
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1994-04-15
Citations: 203 A.D.2d 921
Docket Number: Appeal No. 1
Parties: Rudolph F. Karasek et al., Respondents, v Edward R. Hallenbeck, Jr., et al., Constituting the Town Board of the Town of Van Buren, et al.. Appellants.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 203
Pages: 921–922

Head Matter:
Rudolph F. Karasek et al., Respondents, v Edward R. Hallenbeck, Jr., et al., Constituting the Town Board of the Town of Van Buren, et al.. Appellants.
(Appeal No. 1.)
[612 NYS2d 991]

Opinion:
—Judgment unanimously reversed on the law without costs and judgment granted in accordance with the following Memorandum: Supreme Court erred in granting petitioners' motion for summary judgment and in declaring that respondents had no authority under section 32-a of the Town Law to enter petitioners' land. A plain reading of that section permits the action taken, as well as the action proposed to be taken, by the town engineer. Thus, we grant judgment in favor of respondents and declare that respondents have authority under section 32-a of the Town Law to enter petitioners' land without petitioners' permission to make studies, investigations, tests or to enter for any other purpose related to the proposed county landfill project. (Appeal from Judgment of Supreme Court, Onondaga County, Hurlbutt, J.— Declaratory Judgment.) Present — Green, J. P., Balio, Fallon, Callahan and Boehm, JJ.