Gerzof v. Sweeney

• Decision Date: 10 June 1964
• Parties: Julius M. GERZOF, Appellant, v. Robert J. SWEENEY, Mayor, and Henry M. Altengarten et al., trustees of the Incorporated Village of Freeport; and Nordberg Manufacturing Co., respondents.
• Court: New York Supreme Court — Appellate Division

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252 N.Y.S.2d 258

21 A.D.2d 800

Julius M. GERZOF, Appellant, v. Robert J. SWEENEY, Mayor, and Henry M. Altengarten et al.,

trustees of the Incorporated Village of Freeport;

and Nordberg Manufacturing Co., respondents.

Supreme Court, Appellate Division Second Department.

June 10, 1964.

Allinson & Gerzof, Freeport, for appellant; Julius M. Gerzof, pro se.

Sprague, Stern, Aspland, Dwyer & Tobin, Mineola, for respondent Nordberg; Joseph L. Tobin, Jr., Mineola, of counsel.

Gehrig, Ritter, Coffey & Stein, Hempstead, for respondents Sweeney and others; Robert M. Stein, Hempstead, of counsel.

In an action by a taxpayer pursuant to section 51 of the General Municipal Law, to annul: (1) a resolution of the respondent Board of Trustees of the Incorporated Village of Freeport, made December 3, 1962, accepting the bid of the defendant Nordberg Manufacturing Co. for a generator unit; and (2) the contract of December 19, 1962 awarded pursuant thereto, and for related relief, the plaintiff appeals from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Nassau County, entered August 7, 1963, upon the court's decision and opinion after a nonjury trial, dismissing the complaint. Judgment affirmed, without costs. No opinion. [For prior related appeal, see Matter of Amatulli v. Sweeney, 17 A.D.2d 631, 230 N.Y.S.2d 677, affg. 33 Misc.2d 324, 224 N.Y.S.2d 330.]

BELDOCK, P. J., and KLEINFELD, CHRIST, RABIN and HOPKINS, JJ., concur.