People Ex Rel. Vanderveer v. . Wilson
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from judgment of tlie General Term of the Supreme Court in the second judicial department, entered upon an order made December 20,1889, which affirmed a judgment in favor of defendants entered upon a decision of the court on trial at Special Term. This was a proceeding by certiorari to review the acts of defendants, as assessors of the city of Brooklyn, in assessing certain lands belonging to the relator. The facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion.
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Appeal from judgment of tlie General Term of the Supreme Court in the second judicial department, entered upon an order made December 20,1889, which affirmed a judgment in favor of defendants entered upon a decision of the court on trial at Special Term. This was a proceeding by certiorari to review the acts of defendants, as assessors of the city of Brooklyn, in assessing certain lands belonging to the relator. The facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion. By the repeal of the amendatory act of 1871, the city of Brooklyn is without power to assess lands outside of its limits.…
1Opinion of the Court
Ruger, Ch. J.
This case arises upon the following facts r Previous to the year 1886 the relator was the owner of a farm in Kings county containing 109 acres of land, lying in a compact form in. the several adjoining towns of Hew Lots, Flatlands and Flatbush, of which about thirty acres lay in the town of Hew Lots. In that year the town of Hew Lots was, by chapter 335 of the laws of that session, annexed to and made a part of the city of Brooklyn, and constituted its Twenty-sixth ward. The farm was occupied by the relator, and he resided on that part lying in the former town of Hew Lots, and…
2Cited by1 opinion
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