People ex rel. Taber Prang Art Co. v. Wells

This is a motion to quash a writ of certiorari, and the single point involved is whether or not the proceeding was begun in time. Prior to the passage of chapter 466, Laws of 1901, amending the Greater Eew York charter, much discussion and some confusion had arisen as to the time within which certiorari proceedings to review an assessment for taxation must be instituted. It was held in a number of cases by the Appellate Division that the fifteen-day limit prescribed by section 251 of the General Tax Law did not apply, and it was generally held that the limitation of four months should be…