People ex rel. Robison v. Board of Supervisors
New York Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment, entered under the direction of the court at Special Term, awarding a peremptory mandamus to compel the execution of three several determinations of the State assessors, in favor of the towns of Seneca, Geneva and Phelps. The three towns severally appealed in 1876 to the State assessors from the equalization of assessments and the correction of assessment-rolls for the year 1876, made by the board of supervisors of Ontario county.
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Appeal from a judgment, entered under the direction of the court at Special Term, awarding a peremptory mandamus to compel the execution of three several determinations of the State assessors, in favor of the towns of Seneca, Geneva and Phelps. The three towns severally appealed in 1876 to the State assessors from the equalization of assessments and the correction of assessment-rolls for the year 1876, made by the board of supervisors of Ontario county. The State assessors took proofs in August, 1877, and the appeals were submitted to them in September, 1877. The State assessors made their…
1Opinion of the Court
Hardin, J.:
Chapter 327 of the Laws of 1873, added a 14th section to the Laws of 1859 (chap. 312), and the effect of the addition was to regulate the dismissal of appeals. Before the act of 1873 there was no limitation upon the pendency of appeals.
The comptroller by section 13 of the Laws of 1859 was authorized to hear appeals, and the section then prescribed his duty. It provided that “ after hearing such proofs he shall determine whether any, and if any, what deduction ought to have been made from the corrected valuations of such town, city or ward; and in the assessment and collection of…
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