People ex rel. Thomas v. Feitner
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the relator, J. Metcalfe Thomas, from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the New York Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 16th day of June, 1903, dismissing a writ of certiorari theretofore-issued herein to review an assessment upon the personal property of the relator for the year 1901.
1Opinion of the Court
McLaughlin, J.:
The relator was assessed on his personal estate as: a resident of the city and county of New York for the year 1901 in the sum of $20,000. He applied to the. tax commissioners to vacate the assessment upon the ground that he was not a resident of the city and county of New York, but resided at Southampton, Suffolk county, N. Y., where he was assessed and paid taxes upon his personal estate. His application was denied upon the ground, as appears from the return made by the commissioners, that the proof presented by the relator to them was “ insufficient to show, that .the…
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