People's Gas & Electric Co. v. City of Oswego
New York Supreme Court
Return of an order to show cause why a preliminary injunction granted to the plaintiff should not be continued, pending the trial of the action.
1Opinion of the CourtRoss, J.
This is a taxpayer’s action under the authority of section 51,. General Municipal Law, and section 1925, Code of Civil Procedure. The plaintiff seeks- to restrain the defendants, the city of Oswego, J ohn Fitzgibbons, as mayor of said city, and the other defendants, constituting the water service commission of the city of Oswego, from consummating a compromise and settlement of certain claims of the city of Oswego against the state of New York, arising out of the construction of the improved Oswego canal. It is asserted by the plaintiff that the action on the part of the defendants to carry…
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