Bareham v. City of Rochester

The common council of the city of Rochester, assuming to exercise the authority conferred upon all cities of the State by article 12, sections 2 and 7, inclusive, of the Constitution and by chapter 363, Laws of 1924, enacted a local law superseding many provisions of its charter and of other statutes and radically changing the form of its government. Plaintiff, a taxpayer of that city, alleges that the whole local law is void and demands a declaratory judgment to that effect and an injunction to restrain the enforcement of the local law. Such parts of the local law as were considered by the…