Citation Codes Equivalent Citations citation codes Attorney(S) Robert W. Fisher for Warren Sears for John J. Bennett, Jr., Attorney-General ( Henry Epstein Leon M. Layden of counsel), for State of New See more information ... Smart Summary Please sign up to generate summary. In the Matter of THE TRUSTEES OF FIRST METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF WHITEHALL, Appellant; VILLAGE OF WHITEHALL, Respondent. Order affirmed, with costs; no opinion. Concur: CRANE, Ch. J., LEHMAN, O'BRIEN, HUBBS, CROUCH, LOUGHRAN and FINCH, JJ.