In re Egan
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendants, The Board of Water Supply of the City of .New Tork and others, from an order of the -Supreme Court, made at the New Tork Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New Tork on the 13th day of November., 1.911.
1Opinion of the Court
Clarke, J.:
Appeal from an order directing that a peremptory writ of mandamus issue to the board of water supply and the commissioners thereof directing them to permit and afford the petitioner or his attorney an opportunity to inspect any and all reports of the chief and consulting engineers to the said board, ■ or of any of the said engineers, on or relating to the passing upon and awarding by the said board of the contract known as “Contract 90” and to permit and afford the petitioner or his attorney an opportunity to make extracts from the aforesaid reports.
The petitioner is a taxpayer. He…
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