Yonkers Railroad v. City of Yonkers

It will be unnecessary, for the purpose of this decision, to quote in extenso the ordinance which is the subject of the attack herein. Only those provisions which, it is claimed, violate section 37 of the Second Class Cities Law will be quoted. The statute in question provides: “ In case of a proposed sale or lease of real estate or of a franchise, the ordinance must provide for a disposition of the same at public auction to the highest bidder, under proper regulations as to the giving of security and after public notice to be published once each week for three weeks in the official paper or…