Bauer v. City of Niagara Falls

Judgment reversed on the law and facts and a new trial granted, with costs to the appellant to abide the event. Memorandum: The city is prohibited by the Constitution from using its money for anything other than municipal purposes. (State Const, art. 8, § 2.) The provision of the City Charter if construed to give the city power to bid more than the amount of its tax liens for property for which it has no use, is certainly unconstitutional. When the bids for public property are more than the amount of its tax liens, the excess moneys are not used for city purposes. Especially is this so when…