Legal Opinion

Matter of Mayor, Aldermen and Commonalty, City of N.Y.

New York Court of Appeals

Decided May 1, 1900PublishedCited by 2 opinions

Appeal from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, entered December 8, 1899, reversing an order of Special Term denying a motion to confirm the report of the commissioners of estimate and assessment of the city of New York, and referring the said report back to the commissioners, with a direction to limit the assessments for benefit to one-half of the value of the property assessed as valued by the tax commissioners for the…

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Appeal from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, entered December 8, 1899, reversing an order of Special Term denying a motion to confirm the report of the commissioners of estimate and assessment of the city of New York, and referring the said report back to the commissioners, with a direction to limit the assessments for benefit to one-half of the value of the property assessed as valued by the tax commissioners for the purpose of taxation for the year 1896, and confirming the said report.

1Opinion of the Court

Order affirmed, with costs, on opinion below.

Concur: Parker, Ch. J., O’Brien, Bartlett, Haight, Martin and Landon, JJ. Absent: Yann, J.

2Cited by2 opinions

  1. In re HollisterAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1904
  2. In re City of New YorkNew York Supreme Court · 1919