Legal Opinion

In re the Imperial Building Co.

New York Supreme Court

Decided August 15, 1910Published

Application to correct a clerical error in a sewer assessment. ■ '

1Opinion of the CourtPutnam, J.

The petition shows a clear error by which the lot frontage of lot 20 on Seventy-seventh street was taken at 440 feet, instead of 340 feet, its actual front. As the assessment was based on $1.90 a lineal foot, the excess charged amounts to $190. The assessment was confirmed October *51427, 1908. Certainly, where palpable error of this kind appears, the owner should have a remedy. Matter of Opening of Vandervoort Ave., 68 Misc. Rep. 510.

' Such a correction is not like a proceeding to vacate or reduce assessments. Where it is claimed that the assessment has been unduly increased by including improper…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. In re Vandervoort AvenueNew York Supreme Court · 1910

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