Bull v. Stichman
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the CourtDeto, J.
The plaintiff, as a citizen and a taxpayer, seeks a declaratory judgment to the effect that a $128,000 allocation to Canisius College by the Emergency Housing Board is unconsti*313tutional. Justice Williams dismissed the complaint (189 Misc. 597), on the grounds that the plaintiff, having no special or peculiar interest in the matter other than that common to all taxpayers and citizens, lacked legal capacity to bring the action and hence, that the complaint was insufficient. This is the only question presently before us, and a study of the problem of constitutionality, interesting though it may…
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