Queens County Water Co. v. Monroe
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, the Queens County Water Company, from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the Suffolk Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Queens on the 27th day of January, 1903, denying the plaintiff’s motion for an injunction pendente lite.
1Opinion of the Court
Woodward, J.:
The plaintiff brings itself within the provisions of section 1925 of the Code of Civil Procedure and of chapter 531 of the Laws of 1881, as amended by chapter 301 of the Laws of 1892, entitled “An act for the protection of taxpayers,” and while it urges a special interest aside from its status as a taxpayer, we do not find it necessary to consider the equitable merits of its case at this time. Chapter 531 of the Laws of 1881, as amended by chapter 301 of the Laws of 1892, is a remedial statute, and is to be liberally construed for the purpose of “ the protection of taxpayers.”…
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- Mayor v. RaySupreme Court of the United States · 1874
- Merritt v. . Village of PortchesterNew York Court of Appeals · 1877
- Karst v. . GaneNew York Court of Appeals · 1893
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