Evadan Realty Corp. v. Patterson

This is a taxpayer’s action pursuant to section 51 of the General Municipal Law. The plaintiff seeks to restrain consummation of agreements between the City of New York and 227 of its employees who fall into four categories, to wit, Motor Grader Operators, Blacksmiths, Blacksmiths’ Helpers and General Mechanics. Heretofore the Appellate Division reversed our Special Term and granted summary judgment dismissing the complaint upon the ground that the proposed agreements do not violate any provision of law (272 App. Div. 869). The Court of Appeals reversed and held that questions of law which…