Coffin v. . City of Brooklyn
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from a judgment of the General Term of the Oity Court of Brooklyn, entered upon an order made Hay 27, 1886, which affirmed a judgment dismissing plaintiff’s complaint entered upon a decision at Special Term. This action was brought to recover the money paid defendant upon assignment of certificate, set forth below, on the ground that the same was paid by mistake.
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Appeal from a judgment of the General Term of the Oity Court of Brooklyn, entered upon an order made Hay 27, 1886, which affirmed a judgment dismissing plaintiff’s complaint entered upon a decision at Special Term. This action was brought to recover the money paid defendant upon assignment of certificate, set forth below, on the ground that the same was paid by mistake. In 1872 a tax of $36.42 was attempted to be laid upon certain premises in the city of Brooklyn, and in the same year theie was also unpaid a water rate of $12. These taxes were not paid, and on October 5, 1875, the registrar…
1Opinion of the Court
[EDITORS' NOTE: THIS PAGE CONTAINS HEADNOTES. HEADNOTES ARE NOT AN OFFICIAL PRODUCT OF THE COURT, THEREFORE THEY ARE NOT DISPLAYED.]
[EDITORS' NOTE: THIS PAGE CONTAINS HEADNOTES. HEADNOTES ARE NOT AN OFFICIAL PRODUCT OF THE COURT, THEREFORE THEY ARE NOT DISPLAYED.] The right to recover from the defendant the money paid for the assignment of the certificate of sale is claimed by the learned counsel for the appellant, upon the ground that it was paid under a mistake of fact. And the claim rests upon the assertion that the transaction between the parties was not solely an assignment of the right,…
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