Craft v. Lent
New York Supreme Court
Action by a taxpayer to restrain the highway commissioners of the town of Cortlandt, Westchester county, H. Y., from granting a franchise for conducting a public lighting service upon highways of said town.
1Opinion of the CourtMorschauser, J.
The plaintiff, a taxpayer of the town of Cortlandt, Westchester county, IST. Y., commenced this action, pursuant to chapter 301 of the Laws of 1892, amending chapter 531 of the Laws of 1881, to restrain the defendants, the highway commissioners of the town of Cortlandt, ■from granting a franchise to any person or corporation for the right to conduct a public lighting service upon all the highways in the town of Cortlandt, outside of the incorporated villages, except that the same shall be done upon a public hearing to the highest bidder or to persons or corporations that shall offer to pay a…
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