Case Name: The People of the State of New York ex rel. Herman Goldowitz, Respondent, v. Morris Karnes, Appellant
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1940-07-24
Citations: 283 N.Y. 764
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York ex rel. Herman Goldowitz, Respondent, v. Morris Karnes, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 283
Pages: 764–766

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York ex rel. Herman Goldowitz, Respondent, v. Morris Karnes, Appellant.
Argued July 23, 1940;
decided July 24, 1940.
I. Maurice Wormser and Leonard Bronner, Jr., for appellant.
Arthur D. Brennan, Chester A. Slocum and James D. Hopkins for respondent.

Opinion:
Order affirmed, without costs; no opinion.
Concur: Loughran, Finch, Rippey, Sears, Lewis and Conway, JJ. Lehman, Ch. J., dissents on the ground that the cases which hold that there can be no casting vote unless there be a tie are based upon statutes which specifically so provide. In this case it appears from a reading of the statute that the Mayor has a casting vote whenever his vote would be a vote that turns the scab (Cf. Oxford Dictionary).