People ex rel. Raplee v. Reddy
New York Supreme Court
CERTIORARI to remove proceedings in relation to an assessment upon the real and personal property of the relator; the particular error alleged in the writ being the refusal of the assessor to reduce the assessment down to $15,000. The assessors alleged in their return that they were duly elected assessors of the town of Milo, in the county of Yates, for the year 1864, and qualified as such.
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CERTIORARI to remove proceedings in relation to an assessment upon the real and personal property of the relator; the particular error alleged in the writ being the refusal of the assessor to reduce the assessment down to $15,000. The assessors alleged in their return that they were duly elected assessors of the town of Milo, in the county of Yates, for the year 1864, and qualified as such. That before proceeding to make the assessment in said town, they divided the town into three assessment districts, assigning one of said districts to each. That the district in which Raplee, the relator,…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court,
E. Darwin Smith, J.
The return to the writ of certiorari in this matter presents a clear case of error in the final determination of the assessors. They state that *543in their primary assessment roll they assessed the relator as follows:
For banking house and lot,......$3,000
Upon a valuation equal to the amount of capital stock paid in or secured,..... 25,000
Personal property including surplus earnings of
bank,.......... 28,000
Less, banking house,......3,000
--- 25,000
That after completing- the said roll they gave the notice required by the statute fixing a time when they should meet…
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