Case Name: City of Albany, Appellant, v. Coplin Yaras, Respondent, et al., Defendants
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1959-04-16
Citations: 6 N.Y.2d 749
Docket Number: 
Parties: City of Albany, Appellant, v. Coplin Yaras, Respondent, et al., Defendants.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 6
Pages: 749–751

Head Matter:
City of Albany, Appellant, v. Coplin Yaras, Respondent, et al., Defendants.
Argued January 5, 1959;
decided April 16, 1959.
John W. Hacker, Corporation Counsel, for appellant.
C. Dickerman Williams and Coplin Taras, in person, for Coplin Yaras, respondent.

Opinion:
Order reversed, with costs in this court and in the Appellate Division, in the following Per Curiam: We hold that the order was appealable to the Appellate Division. Upon this record, the County Judge and the Commissioners of Appraisal may not be removed. (Judiciary Law, § 14; Matter of Hancock, 91 N. Y. 284, 292-293; Matter of Dodge & Stevenson Mfg. Co., 77 N. Y. 101; Matter of Rotwein [Goodman], 291 N. Y. 116, 123; County of Orange v. Storm King Stone Co., 229 N. Y. 460, 467.) The three questions certified [(a), (b) and (c)] are answered as follows: (a) in the affirmative; (b) in the negative; (c) not answered. Motion to strike material from respondent's brief granted to the extent of striking therefrom the material contained at pages 61 to 70; motion otherwise denied.
Concur: Chief Judge Conway and Judges Desmond, Dye, Fuld, Froessel, Van Voorhis and Burke.