People ex rel. Garden City Co. v. Valentine
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the relators, the Garden City Company and others, from so much of an order of the Supreme Court, made at the Kings County Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Queens on the 24th day of December, 1895, as directs that the assessors of the town of Hempstead shall meet forthwith and reassess the lands of the relators therein, the said order having determined that certain assessment rolls upon which the relators were assessed were…
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Appeal by the relators, the Garden City Company and others, from so much of an order of the Supreme Court, made at the Kings County Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Queens on the 24th day of December, 1895, as directs that the assessors of the town of Hempstead shall meet forthwith and reassess the lands of the relators therein, the said order having determined that certain assessment rolls upon which the relators were assessed were erroneous and invalid, and directed that the same be set aside.
1Opinion of the Court
Hatch, J.:
The proceedings herein were instituted by petitions, which alleged that the assessments complained of were illegal, erroneous and unequal, and specified therein the particular grounds wherein the claimed defects existed. Writs of certiorari were issued thereon, and, upon the returns to said writs, it disclosed the assessment rolls and the proceedings had and taken by the assessors in respect thereto. At the conclusion of the hearing, so far as important to the disposition of this appeal, the court made the following order : “ It appearing that the assessment in said assessment roll…
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