People ex rel. American Thread Co. v. Feitner

The relator having been assessed by the respondents for purposes of taxation for the year 1899 has sued out a writ *642of certiorari to review the action of the board on the ground that the latter had no jurisdiction to make the assessment because the relator is a foreign corporation, neither doing business in the State nor having any property therein. A motion is now made by the respondents to quash the writ on the ground, as stated in the notice of motion-, “ that the court was without jurisdiction to issue said writ, and that the said writ was inadvertently issued.” It is admitted for the…