Legal Opinion
Society For Establishing Useful Manufactures v. City of Paterson
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Decided December 15, 1915PublishedCited by 5 opinions
On certiorari removing tax assessments.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Minturn, J.
The taxing authorities in the city of Paterson imposed upon the hydro-power plant of the prosecutor in that city a tax for the year 1914.
The imposition of the tax is resisted by the prosecutor, upon the ground that the property in question is exempt from taxation, under the provisions of its charter as construed by the decisions of this court.
*124The Society for Establishing Useful Manufactures was incorporated November 22d, 1791, by a special legislative act (.Pai. L. 1800, p. 104), which act after reciting in its preamble that the establishing…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- People Ex Rel. Brush Electric Manufacturing Co. v. WempleNew York Court of Appeals · 1892
3Cited by5 opinions
- Robinson v. CahillNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1972
- Curry v. Alabama Power Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1942
- State Ex Rel. Winterfield v. Hardin County Rural Electric CooperativeSupreme Court of Iowa · 1939
- Society for Establishing Useful Manufactures v. Thayer-MartinSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1936
- Wilentz v. Society for Establishing Useful ManufacturesSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1937