People ex rel. Sherrill v. Guggenheimer

The three relators, taxpayers and residents of the borough of Brooklyn, in the city of Hew York, apply for a peremptory writ of mandamus requiring the respondents, who are members of the council of the city of Hew York, to approve and adopt a resolution heretofore adopted by the board of aldermen of said city, for the issue of the city’s corporate stock to the amount of $570,000 to pay the award heretofore made in condemnation proceedings, taken pursuant to chapter 481 of the Laws of .1892 and the act amendatory thereof, to acquire the reservoir, wells, machinery, pipes, franchises and all…