Ballard v. Cerney

Good, C.

Plaintiff, a resident taxpayer of the village of Wilber, brought this action to enjoin the village treasurer from paying certain particularly described village warrants. The grounds upon which the injunction was sought were: First, no appropriation had been made against which said warrants could be drawn; second, no estimate had ever been made on which to base an appropriation ordinance appropriating money for the payment of said warrants; third, said warrants had been drawn in excess of 85 per cent, of the current levy for the purpose for which they were drawn, and that they were…