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Kinney v. City of Syracuse

New York Supreme Court

Decided October 4, 1859PublishedCited by 6 opinions

THIS is a case agreed upon by the parties, for the purpose of determining the validity of a levy made under a warrant issued under the authority of the city of Syracuse, and of the assessment upon which the same was issued, and the liability of the plaintiff to pay any sum for taxes assessed under or by the corporate authority of the city, for the years 1858 and 1859, upon the real estate of the plaintiff, and also the damages sustained by the plaintiff by reason of the…

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THIS is a case agreed upon by the parties, for the purpose of determining the validity of a levy made under a warrant issued under the authority of the city of Syracuse, and of the assessment upon which the same was issued, and the liability of the plaintiff to pay any sum for taxes assessed under or by the corporate authority of the city, for the years 1858 and 1859, upon the real estate of the plaintiff, and also the damages sustained by the plaintiff by reason of the assessment, levy and sale made by the city, in case said assessment, levy and sale should be adjudged to be invalid. The…

1Opinion of the CourtBacon, J.

This is a case agreed upon by the parties, for the purpose of presenting for adjudication the question of the constitutionality of the 9 th section of the act passed by the legislature on the 17th of April, 1858. This act, by its title, purported to be “ An act to amend the act, to revise the charter of the city of Syracuse.” The facts necessary to be stated, in order to present this question, are, that in 1857 the board of supervisors of the county of Onondaga, pursuant to the act passed in April of that year, requiring the formation of assembly districts, duly met and divided the county of…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Rumsey v. . the PeopleNew York Court of Appeals · 1859

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. State ex rel. Attorney General v. CunningamWisconsin Supreme Court · 1892
  2. Slauson v. City of RacineWisconsin Supreme Court · 1861
  3. Wade v. City of RichmondSupreme Court of Virginia · 1868
  4. Wade v. City of RichmondSupreme Court of Virginia · 1868
  5. Wade v. City of RichmondSupreme Court of Virginia · 1868

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