Hart v. Mayor
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, George S. Hart, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendants, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 7th day of November, 1896, upon the decision of the court rendered after a trial at the New York Special Term, with notice of an intention to bring up for review on such appeal an order entered in said clerk’s office November 7, 1896, granting the defendant, The Metropolitan Street Railway Company-, an…
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Appeal by the plaintiff, George S. Hart, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendants, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 7th day of November, 1896, upon the decision of the court rendered after a trial at the New York Special Term, with notice of an intention to bring up for review on such appeal an order entered in said clerk’s office November 7, 1896, granting the defendant, The Metropolitan Street Railway Company-, an extra allowance of $1,000.
1Opinion of the Court
Williams, J. :
The action was brought by a taxpayer of the city of New York attacking the resolution by the dock department granting a license to the Metropolitan Street Railway Company to lay a railroad track from West street to the ferry house at the foot of Christopher street upon the payment of $100 per annum and all expenses attendant upon the work. The court by its decision dismissed the complaint upon the merits upon the ground that the resolution granted no franchise and that there was no proof of any waste to municipal estate or property. The court also granted an extra allowance of…
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