Tobin v. LaGuardia

The petitioners are the trustees of the Seventh Regiment Armory building located at Sixty-seventh street and Park avenue, in the borough of Manhattan, city of New York. The building was erected and constructed with funds privately raised and contributed by the members of the regiment. The trustees in January, 1939, made an application to the board of estimate of the city of New York for an appropriation-of $8,000 to be included in the 1939-1940 budget for payment, in lieu of rental, in January of this year. The amount sought was to be used for the preservation, maintenance and improvement of…