DeAngelis v. Laino

To meet a claimed emergency situation, the board of education of the city of Utica, on April 15, 1931, pursuant to subdivision 8 of section 877 of the Education Law, submitted a special estimate to the common council of the city to the effect that it was necessary to appropriate the sum of $148,500 to build fire towers in certain school buildings in the city. The record shows that as to the existence of an emergency the board of education made out a prima facie case which has been strengthened, rather than overcome, by the city. Pursuant to statute, the special estimate was published, a…