Williams v. City of New York

Plaintiff sues as a taxpayer to restrain the further construction by defendant Antonopulos of two small structures which, at the time of the commencement of the action, said defendant was erecting at the southeast entrance to Battery park. Plaintiff further asks that the agreement under which the buildings were being constructed be adjudged null and void and that the defendants be restrained from acting thereunder or performing any of its terms, and that the buildings in question, together with all materials and equipment, be ordered removed from the park.

The agreement under which the work…