Legal Opinion
Stahl Soap Corp. v. City of New York
New York Court of Appeals
Decided January 22, 1959PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Per curiam
In this taxpayer’s action to nullify the closing and discontinuance of a single interior block of Stanwix Street, which is five blocks long, extending from Bushwick Avenue to Flushing Avenue in Brooklyn, and for related relief, we agree *204with the Appellate Division that the complaint as a pleading, read in the light of the exhibits, states a cause of action.
In a proper case, such an action is authorized (McCutcheon v. Terminal Sta. Comm., 217 N. Y. 127, 137, 141). Redress may only be had, however, when the official acts complained of are found to be corrupt, fraudulent, done in bad faith…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Kaskel v. ImpellitteriNew York Court of Appeals · 1953
- Kittinger v. . Buffalo Traction Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1899
- Altschul v. . LudwigNew York Court of Appeals · 1916
- Fearing v. . IrwinNew York Court of Appeals · 1874
- MacDonald v. Board of Street CommissionersMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1929
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3Cited by15 opinions
- Gorman-Bakos v. Cornell Cooperative Extension of Schenectady CountyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2001
- Mesivta of Forest Hills Institute, Inc. v. City of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1983
- Ross v. Conco Quarry, Inc.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1976
- Riley v. County of MonroeNew York Court of Appeals · 1977
- Fisher v. BidermanAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1990
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