People Ex Rel. Warren v. . Carter
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from order of the General Term of the Supreme-Court in the third judicial department, made September 10, 1889, which affirmed a judgment in favor of the relators entered upon a decision of the court on trial at Special Term. This was a proceeding, by certiorari, under the act, chapter-269, Laws of 1880, to review an assessment. The material facts are stated in the opinion.
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Appeal from order of the General Term of the Supreme-Court in the third judicial department, made September 10, 1889, which affirmed a judgment in favor of the relators entered upon a decision of the court on trial at Special Term. This was a proceeding, by certiorari, under the act, chapter-269, Laws of 1880, to review an assessment. The material facts are stated in the opinion. It is now perfectly well settled that chapter 269, Laws of 1880, “ giving a remedy by certiorari to review and correct an illegal or excessive assessment,” does not permit a party complaining of an assessment who has…
1Opinion of the CourtEabl, J.
This proceeding was instituted by the relators ruider chapter 269 of the Laws of 1880, to review an assessment made by the assessors of the city of Troy for the year 1887 upon their property in that city known as “ River View,” which had been assessed at $60,500. The assessors had in each •of the years 1885 and 1886 assessed the property at the same sum, and by proceedings instituted in each of those years, under the same act, the relators had procured a judicial determination that the actual value of the property is $40,000, and that the assessment should be reduced to that sum. That…
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