185 A.D. 53 | N.Y. App. Div. | 1918
Dissenting Opinion
The words of Judge Gray in Matter of Bronson (150 N. Y. 1), that no resort is to be had to the Statutory Construction Law (now General Construction Law) where the language of the statute under consideration is clear and unambiguous, I think control us. The precise terms of this local option provision of the Liquor Tax Law have been unchanged since they
Jenks, P. J., concurred.
Order reversed, without costs, and motion denied, without costs.
Lead Opinion
The primary intent of the Legislature, plainly expressed in the Liquor Tax Law,
The words “ by such electors ” in the statute prevent signatures by agents, and were evidently used for that purpose. The argument drawn from the location of these words after the word “ acknowledged ” instead of after the word “ signed ” is entirely too narrow and technical to support an argument which nullifies the primary intent of the Legislature. There is nothing in the statute requiring that the signature should be appended in the presence of the notary.
The order should be reversed, without costs, and the motion denied, without costs.
Kelly and Jaycox, JJ., concurred; Putnam, J., read for affirmance, with whom Jenks, P. J., concurred.
See Consol. Laws, chap. 34 (Laws of 1909, chap. 39), § 13, as amd. by Laws of 1918, chap. 473.— [Rep.
See Consol. Laws, chap. 22 (Laws of 1909, chap. 27).— [Rep.