Schieffelin v. City of New York

The plaintiff, a taxpayer, has procured a temporary injunction restraining the defendants from ac*611'cepting a bid for the work of completing the substructure and erecting the superstructure of the proposed municipal building, and from awarding any contract whatsoever for the work, and now seeks to have said injunction made permanent pending the trial and determination of this action. The application presents unusual features in that there is no claim made of bad faith or official misconduct upon the part of the official whose acts are sought to be stayed, nor is it claimed that he is about to…