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MATTER OF STATE v. PARKER

38 A.D.2d 542 (1971)

In the Matter of The State of New York by Louis J. Lefkowitz, Attorney-General of The State of New York, Respondent, v. Jack Parker, Doing Business as Parman Company, et al., Appellants

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Department.

December 21, 1971

Although the public interest and equitable considerations favor the construction sought of section 7-103 of the General Obligations Law by the Attorney-General, the plain wording of the statute precludes such a construction. The courts may not enlarge the wording of a statute even in favor of what may be deemed an equitable construction. (See Tompkins v. Hunter, 149 N.Y. 117; Bailey v. Upstate Loan Co., 205 Misc. 535, 537...

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