McCord v. Lauterbach
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, John O. McCord, from an order of the • Supreme Court, made at the Yew York Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Yew York on the 13th day of January, 1904, denying the plaintiff’s motion to continue a temporary injunction pendente Hie.
1Opinion of the Court
Hatch, J. :
This is a taxpayer’s action brought pursuant to the authority contained in chapter 301 of the Laws of 1892, which authorizes such action where the relief sought is to prevent waste or injury to the property, funds or estate of a municipal corporation, or to prevent illegal official acts on the part of an officer or officers of such corporation. The purpose which this action seeks is to restrain the trustees of the College of the City of Hew York from letting a contract for masón, steel, iron, roofing, carpenter and electric work for buildings to be erected for the use of the…
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