People Ex Rel. Rochester Telephone Co. v. Priest
New York Court of Appeals
Appeals, by permission, from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the third judicial department, entered January 18, 1905, which modified an order of Special Term permitting the assessors of the city of Rochester to intervene, be made parties to, and serve an answer in a proceeding by certiorari, by substituting an order directing that the writ granted be amended by directing that it run to said assessors as well as to the original parties and that they…
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Appeals, by permission, from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the third judicial department, entered January 18, 1905, which modified an order of Special Term permitting the assessors of the city of Rochester to intervene, be made parties to, and serve an answer in a proceeding by certiorari, by substituting an order directing that the writ granted be amended by directing that it run to said assessors as well as to the original parties and that they return their proceedings with respect to the assessment of real property in said city of Rochester with the same force…
1Opinion of the CourtO’Bbieh, J.
The only question that the appeal in this case presents is the power of the court to permit certain outside parties to intervene in a proceeding instituted by a writ of certiorari, after issue joined between the original parties and just before the close of the trial.
The relator procured a writ of certiorari to be issued against the persons composing the state tax commissioners or the state board of tax commissioners. The relator alleged in the petition that the special franchise taxes imposed by the state board upon its franchises in the city of Rochester were, for the reasons stated,…
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