195 N.Y. 511
88 N.E 1134
Decided March 16, 1909
New York Court of Appeals · decided 1909-03-16
<p>Appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the second judicial department, entered December 2, 1907, affirming a judgment in favor of defendants entered upon a dismissal of the complaint by the court on trial at Special Term in a taxpayer’s action to set aside as illegal and collusive certain audits made by the defendants as supervisors of Nassau county.</p>
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Decided 1909-03-16
Cited by 9 later decisions — most recently July 2009
1 district · 8 state decisions
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¶1 Judgment affirmed, with costs, on the ground that the money having been paid before the action was commenced, no action for its recovery against the defendants jointly could be maintained unless on proof of collusion on the part of those defendants who did not receive the money ; no opinion.
¶2 Concur: Cullen, Ch. J., Gray, Edward T. Bartlett, Haight, Vann, Willard Bartlett and Chase, JJ.