Meth v. City of New York

Plaintiff sues as a taxpayer, and asks'injunctive relief against the city of New York, the mayor, the comptroller, and others, constituting the board of estimate and apportionment, individually and as members of that board, and the Equitable Coach Company. Five separate causes of action (are set out in the complaint. Defendants' motions test the validity of each cause of action. They may be respectively outlined as, first, that the franchise to operate bus lines granted by the board”of estimate and apportionment to the Equitable Coach Company on July 28, 1927, as well as the contract…