Legal Opinion
Schieffelin v. . Hylan
New York Court of Appeals
Decided July 13, 1923PublishedCited by 48 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
His cock, Ch. J.
The plaintiff as a taxpayer brought this action to restrain the issue of $400,000 of special revenue bonds the proceeds whereof were to be used in conducting a celebration of the Twenty-fifth Anniversary of the creation of the Greater City of New York.
It. appears as leading to the litigation that the defendant, John F. Hylan, and others constituting the present administration of the Greater City of New York conceived the plan of having an elaborate and expensive celebration of the Twenty-fifth Anniversary of the establishment of that municipality. For the purpose of…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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- Hodges v. City of BuffaloNew York Supreme Court · 1846
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3Cited by48 opinions
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