Legal Opinion
Fellows v. . Denniston
New York Court of Appeals
Decided September 5, 1861PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The present appeal is from the judgment of the Supreme Court, at general term, upon a case agreed upon by the parties, pursuant to the 372d section of the Code of Procedure. The controversy relates to the assessment of certain taxes upon lands comprised in Indian reservations in the counties of Erie and Cattaraugus, alleged to be illegal, and to sales made by the Comptroller for the collection of these taxes. The assessments were made under special acts of the legislature, and, as to a portion of them, under the general laws of the State.
By a statute passed in 1841, the Board of Supervisors…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Worcester v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1832
- Johnson & Graham's Lessee v. McIntoshSupreme Court of the United States · 1823
- Ware v. HyltonSupreme Court of the United States · 1796
- Goodell v. Jackson ex dem. SmithCourt for the Trial of Impeachments and Correction of Errors · 1823
- New York Ex Rel. Cutler v. DibbleSupreme Court of the United States · 1859
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3Cited by17 opinions
- Oneida Indian Nation of Wisconsin, Oneida of the Thames Band, the Houdenosaunee, Applicants-Intervenors-Appellants v. State of New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1984
- Bonnette v. MolloyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1912
- People ex rel. Erie Railway Co. v. BeardsleyNew York Supreme Court · 1868
- New York State Department of Taxation v. BramhallAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1997
- Snyder v. WetzlerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1993
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