MATTER OF GRAY v. TOWN BD., N. HEMPSTEAD


303 N.Y. 575 (1952)

In the Matter of A. Freeman Gray et al., Appellants, v. Town Board of the Town of North Hempstead, Nassau County, et al., Respondents.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided March 14, 1952


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles Kingsley and Joseph P. Kissling for appellants.

James L. Dowsey, Jr., Town Attorney (Bertram B. Daiker of counsel), for respondents.

LOUGHRAN, Ch. J., LEWIS, CONWAY, DESMOND, DYE, FULD and FROESSEL, JJ., concur.


Per Curiam.

We hold that any signer of a petition described in section 191 of the Town Law has a right, up to the time such petition is acted on by the town board by the publication or posting of a notice of hearing (Town Law, § 194), to withdraw and revoke his signature by filing with the town clerk a duly acknowledged statement of such withdrawal and revocation (see People ex rel. Irwin v. Sawyer, 52 N...

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