Schnepel v. Board of Education of City of Rochester

Plaintiffs desire to enjoin and restrain defendant from authorizing and permitting the giving of private dancing lessons in the public schools of the city of Rochester, and from permitting use of the public school buildings for that purpose. The action is brought under the authority of section 51 of the General Municipal Law which permits an action by certain taxpayers against “All officers, agents, commissioners and other persons acting, or who have acted, for and on behalf of any county, town, village or municipal corporation in this state, and each and every one of them * * * to prevent…