Sheehy v. Clausen

The plaintiff, as a taxpayer, brings this action to restrain certain public officers of the city of New York, from the commission of alleged illegal acts, which, if committed, it is claimed would be a waste of the property of the city.

The action was commenced before the Greater New York charter went into effect, and was aimed at the commissioners of the department of public parks and the board of electrical control, and the Bronx Gas & Electric Company. It sought to prevent the last-named company from erecting poles and stringing wires along the highways and avenues in Pelham Bay park,…