People ex rel. Voelkel v. Browne

This is a proceeding pursuant to article 78 of the Civil Practice Act, to revieAV a determination of the State *598Tax Commission assessing taxes against relators under article 16-A of the Tax Law, for the period from May 17, 1935, to December 31, 1935, and for the calendar year 1936. The taxes so assessed were paid under protest.

Relators are surviving executors of Emil Bommer, who died May 16, 1935, a resident of Kings County, and whose will was admitted to probate May 22, 1935. Decedent left an estate consisting of cash, securities, eighty-one separate pieces of real estate, and a manufacturing…