New York Court of Appeals

The Town of Venice, Appellant v. Dorcas Ann Woodruff, Respondents

September 21, 187562 N.Y. 462

Summary

The Court of Appeals affirmed the lower court's dismissal of the town's equitable action seeking cancellation of bonds issued without the required taxpayer consent, holding that equity will not decree surrender of void instruments absent a special circumstance and that the bond holders were bona fide, so no relief is warranted.