New York Supreme Court, 1858

Korff v. Green

Korff v. Green
New York Supreme Court · Decided June 15, 1858 · Ingraham
16 How. Pr. 140

Counsel

P. Y. Cutler, for plaintiff., A. R. Lawrence, Jr., for mayor, &c., Beebe, Dean & Donohue, for the other defendants.

Korff v. Green

Opinion of the Court

Justice Ingraham,

dismissed the complaint on the ground that by a recent decision of the general term of this court, a tax payer could not obtain an injunction for any damage which, was common to all the tax payers in the city, and that the complaint in such a case must be filed in the name of the attorney-general of the state.

The decision referred to, is given in the opinion of Judge Balcom in regard to the sale of the Fort Cansevoort property. (Ante, pp. 138, 139.)

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