People ex rel. Porter v. Tompkins
New York Supreme Court
Proceeding by certiora/ri to review an assessment made by the assessors of the town of Niagara against the relators on lands known as the Goat Island property.
1Opinion of the Court
Bradley, J.:
The assessors of the town of Niagara assessed the property in question to the relators at the sum of $225,000. The main ground upon which the alleged claim for relief is founded is, that at the time the assessment was made, the title to the property was not in the relators, but had passed from them to the State of New York by appropriation of it pursuant to chapter 336 of Laws of 1883, entitled “ An act to authorize the selection, location and appropriation of certain lands in the village of Niagara Falls for a State reservation, and to preserve the scenery of the Falls of…
2Cases cited9 opinions
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- Rexford v. . KnightNew York Court of Appeals · 1854
- Mygatt v. . WashburnNew York Court of Appeals · 1857
- Bellinger v. . GrayNew York Court of Appeals · 1873
- People Ex Rel. Oneida Valley National Bank v. Board of SupervisorsNew York Court of Appeals · 1873
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