Case Name: In the Matter of the Application of Joseph F. Longhway, Chairman, etc., Respondent, for an Order under Article 78 of the Civil Practice Act, against Nelson B. Hall, City Clerk of the City of Oswego, Appellant, and John F. Otis and Willard Barker, Commissioners, Defendants
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1941-08-20
Citations: 262 A.D. 955
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of the Application of Joseph F. Longhway, Chairman, etc., Respondent, for an Order under Article 78 of the Civil Practice Act, against Nelson B. Hall, City Clerk of the City of Oswego, Appellant, and John F. Otis and Willard Barker, Commissioners, Defendants.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 262
Pages: 955–955

Head Matter:
Fourth Department,
August, 1941.
(August 20, 1941.)
In the Matter of the Application of Joseph F. Longhway, Chairman, etc., Respondent, for an Order under Article 78 of the Civil Practice Act, against Nelson B. Hall, City Clerk of the City of Oswego, Appellant, and John F. Otis and Willard Barker, Commissioners, Defendants.

Opinion:
Order reversed on the law, without costs, and proceeding dismissed, without costs. All concur, except Harris, J., who dissents and votes for affirmance of the order on the ground that in using the words " when a vacancy shall occur otherwise than by expiration of term," the Legislature meant that the vacancy which is to be filled by election as provided by section 7 of Oswego City Court Act [Laws of 1933, chap. 747] is a vacancy consisting of the unexpired portion of the term of four years. (The order directs the Oswego city clerk to file with the Oswego county board of elections a certificate certifying that the office of city judge of Oswego should be voted for at the November 4, 1941, general election in a proceeding under article 78 of the Civil Practice Act.) Present — Crosby, P. J., Cunningham, Taylor, Harris and MeCurn, JJ.