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GREAT NECK AUTH. v. CITIZENS WATER CO.

12 N.Y.2d 167 (1962)

Great Neck Water Authority, Respondent, v. Citizens Water Supply Company of Newtown, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided December 31, 1962.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur L. Webber and Dugald C. Brown for appellant.

Howard A. Rochford, C. Ellis Schiffmacher and Stanley C. Lipton for respondent.

Louis J. Lefkowitz, Attorney-General (Richard H. Shepp of counsel), for Water Resources Commission of the State of New York, amicus curiæ.

Judges DYE, FULD, FROESSEL, VAN VOORHIS, BURKE and FOSTER concur.

Chief Judge DESMOND.

This is a condemnation proceeding and the principal question is: Must plaintiff obtain the approval of the State Water Resources Commission before condemning defendant's property?

Plaintiff-respondent Great Neck Water Authority (hereafter called "Authority") is a public benefit corporation organized in 1959 under the "Great Neck Water Authority Act" (Public Authorities Law, tit. 7...

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