Rockefeller v. Taylor
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiffs, William Rockefeller and another, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendants, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Westchester on the-29th day of November, 1899, upon the decision of the court, rendered after a trial at the Westchester Special Term, dismissing the complaint and dissolving an injunction order theretofore entered in this action which restrained the town board of the town of Mount Pleasant from paying…
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Appeal by the plaintiffs, William Rockefeller and another, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendants, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Westchester on the-29th day of November, 1899, upon the decision of the court, rendered after a trial at the Westchester Special Term, dismissing the complaint and dissolving an injunction order theretofore entered in this action which restrained the town board of the town of Mount Pleasant from paying certain bills. . This appeal was transferred from the second department to the first department.
1Opinion of the Court
Laughlin, J.:
This is an action brought by taxpayers pursuant to the provisions of section 1925 of the Code of Civil Procedure and section 1 of chapter 301 of the Laws of 1892, to enjoin the payment of certain bills for expenses incurred by the assessors of the town of Mount Pleasant, Westchester county, in defending certiorari proceedings theretofore instituted by the plaintiffs, separately, to review the assessed valuation of lands owned by them in said town for the years 1896, 1897 and 1898, respectively,
There was no vote of the electors of the town or resolution or other action on the part…
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