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75 N.Y. 525

Young v. . Campbell

New York Court of Appeals

Decided January 21, 1879

New York Court of Appeals · decided 1879-01-21

This action was brought by plaintiff as a taxpayer of the town of Cherry Yalley on behalf of himself and other taxpayers against the collector, supervisor and railroad commissioners of the town, to restrain the collector from collecting a tax for the payment of certain bonds issued by the commissioners to pay for stock in the “ Cherry Yalley aud Mohawk River Railroad Company.” The further facts appear sufficiently in the opinion.

Cited by 3 later decisions — most recently September 1959

3 state decisions

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Decided 1879-01-21

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Rapallo, J.

¶1 The order made at Special Term vacating the preliminary order of injunction in this action was affirmed at General Term on the ground that it was a proper exercise of the discretion of the court to dissolve the injunction. *526 Without passing upon the questions of the validity of the bonds or of the right of the plaintiff to maintain this action, the court rested its decision upon the grounds that the plaintiff had himself taken part in the issue of the bonds, that it did not appear that the town desired to contest them, and that the bondholders had no opportunity to be heard on the motion. Even if any case can be supposed in which this court would review the discretionary action of the court below" in refusing or vacating a temporary order of injunction, it is quite clear that this is not such a case. The circumstance that the object of the action may be defeated by refusing a temporary order, is not of itself sufficient to deprive the court of all discretionary power in the matter.

¶2 The appeal should be dismissed, with costs.

¶3 All concur.

¶4 Appeal dismissed.

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