White v. Inebriates' Home for Kings County
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from order of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the second judicial department, made December 5, 1893, which affirmed an order of Special Term denying a motion by plaintiffs for a temporary injunction.
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Appeal from order of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the second judicial department, made December 5, 1893, which affirmed an order of Special Term denying a motion by plaintiffs for a temporary injunction. In the General Term it was adjudged, as the ground for the affirmance, that chapter 169, Laws of 1877, was constitutional, has not been repealed and authorizes the comptroller of the city of Brooklyn to pay to defendant, the Inebriates’ Home of Kings county, fifteen per cent of the moneys collected after April 1, 1877, for licenses. ' : The facts, so far as material, are stated in…
1Opinion of the CourtGray, J.
This is an action by taxpayers to restrain officials of the city of Brooklyn from paying certain moneys to the Inebriates’ Home for Kings county. An application for a restraining order was denied pendente lite, and that order was affirmed by the General Term. An appeal was taken from the order of affirmance to this court. There are no controverted facts, and the complaint presented but a question of law, which was, in fact, determined adversely by the denial of the motion for an injunction. The form of the order below, by adjudging upon that question, and disposing of the issues, raises a…
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