Ætna Insurance v. Mayor of New York
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Cross-appeals by the plaintiff and defendant in the. above-entitled action, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Hew York on the 30th day of January, 1896, upon the verdict of a jury rendered by direction of the court after a trial before the court and a jury.
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Cross-appeals by the plaintiff and defendant in the. above-entitled action, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Hew York on the 30th day of January, 1896, upon the verdict of a jury rendered by direction of the court after a trial before the court and a jury. The defendant appealed from the whole of said judgment, and the plaintiff appealed from so much of the judgment as limits its recovery to the sum of $23,881.01 only. This is an action to recover money paid for taxes for the years 1886, 1887 and 1888, imposed…
1Opinion of the Court
O’Brien, J.:
Were it not for the zeal and ability with which we are urged to review this record, we might well rest our conclusion on the able opinion delivered by Judge Lawrence* in the court below, who, *150after marshaling the facts and reviewing the law, we think correctly disposed of all the questions raised upon this appeal.
' The exemption claimed by plaintiff was pursuant to .chapter 619 of the Laws of 1886, which went into effect on June fifteenth of that year, and which, after determining what tax should be paid, provided by section 4 as follows: • “ The lands and real estate of such…
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- Bank of Redemption v. BostonSupreme Court of the United States · 1888
- Bruecher v. . Village of Port ChesterNew York Court of Appeals · 1886
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