McNeil v. Board of Supervisors
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, R. Gordon McNeil, from a judgment of tlie Supreme Court in favor of the defendant, entered in the office of tlie clerk of the county of Suffolk on the 23d day of January, 1905, upon the decision of the court, rendered after a trial at the Suffolk Special Term, dismissing the complaint upon the merits, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 23d day of January, 1905, awarding an extra allowance to the defendant.
1Opinion of the Court
Hirschberg, P. J.:
This is a taxpayer’s action, brought for the purpose of preventing the defendant from auditing, allowing and paying certain claims against the county for rewards offered by the district attorney. The facts are undisputed. On the 15th of June, 1904, a resolution was adopted by the defendant, as follows: “Resolved, that this Board request the District Attorney to offer an additional reward of Fifteen Dollars ($15) for the violation of the New York State Automobile Law.” Prior to the passage of that resolution, and under date of October 25, 1903, the district attorney had…
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