People ex rel. Ottley Estate Corp. v. Lilly

The order in the tax certiorari proceeding

directed that “ there shall be audited and allowed * * * and paid to ” the relator the refund prescribed therein, “ together with the interest * * * from the dates of payment ”. Service of a certified copy of that order upon the comptroller of the city of New York, and service of a copy thereof, with notice of entry, together with a letter of transmittal by relator’s attorney upon the department of finance, were sufficient to start interest running on the refund (People ex rel. 270 Park Ave. Corp. v. Sexton, 295 N. Y. 589; Tax Law, § 296, subd.,2). It…