Sands v. Mayor of New York

The payment was made by Mr. Sands invalidity of the assessment, for he had caused the same assessment to be vacated as to other property belonging to him, and it was only through the neglect of his attorney that the final order failed to *62apply to the lot mentioned in this action. There was no compulsion in the payment, for no attempt was made or threatened to collect the amount or to enforce the lien in any way. The payment was made by the plaintiff to acquit ¡himself of an obligation he had assumed to his. grantee to pay it or have it vacated. His act in paying was voluntary because there…