Getty v. City of Syracuse

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Marshall, J.:

The plaintiffs, property owners in the city of Syracuse, commenced this action against the city and its officers to enjoin them from issuing bonds or other obligations of the city to pay for the pavement of streets and intersections of streets in the city, and from paying out of the funds of the city any sum whatever on account of grading and paving that had been done, and from levying taxes to pay bonds that might be issued to pay for the paving. Judgment was rendered in favor of the plaintiffs as asked in their petition. The defendants…