Village of Hempstead v. Seymour
New York Supreme Court
Action to compel specific performance by defendants of a contract to purchase $100,000 of bonds of a village to be issued foi water works and a lighting system.
1Opinion of the CourtGarretson, J.
This action is brought to compel specific performance by the defendants of a contract to purchase $100,000 of bonds of the village to be issued for water works and a lighting system.
The defendants seek to defeat the action by alleging a failure not only to comply with the .provisions of “ The Village Law,” but also a substantial departure therefrom on the part of the trustees and electors in the proceedings leading to the proposed issuance of the bonds, and ask for an affirmative judgment that they be relieved from their contract, and that the sum of $5,000' deposited by them on account of…
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