Mulligan v. Strauss
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, Joseph T. Mulligan, and the defendant, Jerome H. Buck, from parts of an order of the Supreme Court, made at the Ulster Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Ulster on the 2d day of September, 1915, sustaining a demurrer to the complaint.
1Opinion of the Court
Lyon, J.:
This action has been brought by a taxpayer of the city of New York to obtain a judgment permanently restraining the defendants, the city of New York, the commissioners of the board-of water supply of the city of New York, and the comptroller of said city, from taking any steps. towards acquiring the real property of defendant Buck, or using the same for water supply or other purposes, and to restrain the comptroller from allowing or approving any warrants for the payment of money from the treasury of the city of New York with reference to such property.
The city of New York and the…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- In re StraussAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1915
- In re GilroyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1898
3Cited by1 opinion
- Hill v. Water Power & Control CommissionNew York Supreme Court · 1957