Yonkers Railroad v. City of Yonkers

This is a motion for an injunction pendente lite restraining the defendants from awarding certain franchises or consents for the operation of motor-bus routes in Yonkers. The plaintiff sues as a taxpayer to prevent the consummation by the defendants of a proposed official act alleged to be illegal, wasteful and injurious to the property and funds of the municipality (Gen. Mun. Law, § 51), and also in its capacity as a party alleged to be aggrieved by the prospect of certain proposed and threatened competition, which, being illegal, according to the plaintiff, would in effect be a continuing…