McCutcheon v. Terminal Station Commission
New York Supreme Court
Action in equity by a taxpayer, to have declared illegal and invalid a contract for certain terminal improvements in the city of Buffalo.
1Opinion of the CourtWheeler, J.
This is a suit in equity brought by the plaintiff, as a taxpayer of the city of Buffalo, to have declared illegal and invalid a contract for certain terminal improvements entered into on the 6th day of September, 1913, between the commissioners of the terminal station commission of Buffalo and the railroad companies named above as parties defendant.
There are no allegations in the complaint of fraud, collusion or bad faith, but the plaintiff predicates his case upon allegations that the commissioners exceeded the authority and powers vested in them, in executing the contract in question, and…
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