People Ex Rel. Bronx Parkway Commission v. Common Council
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the second judicial department, entered January 23, 1920, which affirmed an order of Special Term granting a motion for a peremptory writ of mandamus. The facts, so far as material, are stated in. the opinion.
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Appeal from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the second judicial department, entered January 23, 1920, which affirmed an order of Special Term granting a motion for a peremptory writ of mandamus. The facts, so far as material, are stated in. the opinion. The property of the Bronx parkway is only entitled to exemption from assessment or taxation by reason of the provisions of the Bronx Parkway Act, as amended by chapter 757 of the Laws of 1913, and any such exemption so far as it relates to any assessment or tax for the cost and maintenance of the Bronx valley…
1Opinion of the CourtMcLaughlin, J.
The defendants separately appeal from an order of the Appellate Division, second department, affirming an order of the Special Term granting a motion for a peremptory writ of mandamus. The writ directs the common council and board of estimate and apportionment of the city of Yonkers to cancel an assessment, for the purposes of taxation for the year 1918, upon land, the title to which is in the relator.
The relator was created by chapter 594 of the Laws of 1907. The act is a long, complicated one, but it is unnecessary to refer to but a few of its provisions. It is entitled: “An Act to provide…
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