Stahl Soap Corp. v. City of New York

Appeal iron an order granting respondent’s motion to strike out affirmative defenses of estoppel by reason of loches and waiver pleaded in the answer of the appellants City of New York, Board of Estimate and Corporation Counsel and to strike out the affirmative defenses of estoppel by reason of loches, waiver and bad faith in the answer of the appellant Liebmann Breweries, Inc. Respondent, a taxpayer, sued to nullify the action of the appellant city and its Board of Estimate in closing a portion of Stanwix Street, in Brooklyn, to enjoin the alienation of said portion of Stanwix Street to…