Citation Codes Equivalent Citations citation codes Attorney(S) M. Harvey Smedley (in person) Eugene Fink for John J. Bennett, Jr., Attorney-General ( Robert P. Beyer of counsel), amicus Paul Windels, Corporation Counsel ( Edmund L. Palmieri Paxton Blair of counsel), for See more information ... Smart Summary Please sign up to generate summary. In the Matter of M. HARVEY SMEDLEY et al., Appellants, against FRANK TAYLOR, as Comptroller of the City of New York, Respondent. Order affirmed, with costs; no opinion. Concur: CRANE, Ch. J., LEHMAN, HUBBS, CROUCH, LOUGHRAN and FINCH, JJ. Not sitting: O'BRIEN, J.