Gordon v. Strong
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendants, William L. Strong and others, from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the Kings County Special Term and entered in the office of .the clerk of the county of Kings on the 1st day of April, 1896, restraining the defendants from carrying out a contract entered into between the commissioners of the East river bridge and the East River Bridge Company.
1Opinion of the CourtBrown, P. J.
This .action was brought by the plaintiff as a taxpayer of the city of Brooklyn against the mayors and comptrollers respectively of the •city of Brooklyn and the city of New York, the commissioners appointed under and pursuant to chapter 789, Laws of 1895, for the purpose of the construction of a bridge over the East river between *397the said cities, the East River. Bridge Company, and the Brooklyn Elevated Railroad Company. The object of the action is to obtain a judgment annulling a certain contract whereby said commissioners agreed to purchase the franchise possessed by said bridge company to…
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