Case Name: Hillside Property Owners Association, Inc., et al., Appellants, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Hebrew Hospital for Chronic Sick, Inc., et al., Respondents
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1974-04-18
Citations: 44 A.D.2d 667
Docket Number: 
Parties: Hillside Property Owners Association, Inc., et al., Appellants, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Hebrew Hospital for Chronic Sick, Inc., et al., Respondents.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 44
Pages: 667–668

Head Matter:
Hillside Property Owners Association, Inc., et al., Appellants, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Hebrew Hospital for Chronic Sick, Inc., et al., Respondents.

Opinion:
—Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County, entered on July 31, 1973, unanimously modified, on the law, to the extent of striking therefrom the decretal paragraph dismissing the complaint and substituting therefor a provision declaring that construction of the nursing home as proposed does not constitute a public nuisance and that such facility is not barred by reason of the restrictive covenant running to plaintiffs Shnayerson, Kelton, and Woeltz, and as so modified the judgment is affirmed, without costs and without disbursements. We agree with the findings and conclusions reached by Trial Term. However, since this was an action for declaratory judgment, it was error to dismiss the complaint and a declaration of the parties' rights should have been made. (See St. Lawrence Univ. v. Trustees of Theol. School of St. Lawrence Univ., 20 N Y 2d 317, 325; Lanza v. Wagner, 11 N Y 2d 317, 334, app. dsmd. 371 U. S. 74; New York Sporting Arms Assn. v. City of New York, 31 A D 2d 793, and cases cited therein.) Concur — Nunez, J. P., Kupferman, Steuer, Tilzer and Lane, JJ.