People ex rel. Board of Foreign Missions of the Methodist Episcopal Church v. Board of Assessors

Manning, J.:

The effect of the judgments so rendered was to cancel and vacate the assessments for the year 1920 made by the board of assessors of the city of Yonkers as a basis for the annual taxes for the year 1921 upon six parcels of real property owned, occupied and used by the respondent, the Board of Foreign Missions of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

After the assessments had been levied the respondent secured six separate writs of certiorari, and upon the board of assessors making a return thereto, an order was made referring the matter to a referee to take evidence and report.

At the…