Tifft v. City of Buffalo
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, The City of Buffalo, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiffs, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Erie on the 11th day of June, 1896, upon the report of a referee separately stating the facts found and the conclusions of law.
1Opinion of the Court
Folleto, J.:
This action was begun April 6,1881, in the Superior Court of the city of Buffalo to set aside an assessment confirmed March 23, 1874, and to recover $4,446.83 taxes paid on said assessment April 16,1875, with interest from the date of payment. The assessment is sought to be set aside and the amount paid in pursuance thereof recovered, on the following grounds :
I. That the notice of assessment roll was not published as required by section 5, title 6, chapter 519, Laws of 1870, and section 148, chapter 105, Laws of 1891.
II. That the original assessment roll was not signed by the…
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