Julius M. Gerzof v. Robert J. Sweeney, as Mayor of the Incorporated Village of Freeport

Summary

The New York Court of Appeals reversed the trial court's dismissal of a taxpayer's action and held that the Village of Freeport's contract award to Nordberg Manufacturing was illegal because the specifications were drawn to preclude competition. Accordingly, the contract must be set aside and judgment entered for the plaintiff taxpayer.