McSweeney v. Bazinet

Plaintiff appeals from a final judgment dismissing his complaint. He brought the action, as a taxpayer, to have a conveyance of certain real estate, made by the Mayor of the City of Glens Falls to the defendant Florence J. O’Neil, declared null and void. It is the contention of the plaintiff that the sale of such property by the City to the defendant O’Neil was contrary to the provisions of section 23 of the General City Law; also that the members of the Common Council were guilty of a waste of city property and city funds in the consummation of the transaction.

The facts are not substantially…