People ex rel. New York Central & Hudson River Railroad v. Hanking
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal Tby the defendants, William H. Hanking and others, assessors of the town of Clarkstown, Rockland county, 1ST. T., from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the Orange Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Rockland on the 11th day of February, 1911, confirming the report of a referee.
1Opinion of the Court
Carr, J.:
This is an appeal from an order of the Special Term in Rock-land county that confirmed the report of a referee in a certiorari proceeding to review the assessment of the relator’s property in the town of Clarkstown, Rockland county, for the year 1909. The real property in question consisted of nearly seven miles of railroad bed and track on a right of way, aggregating ninety-eight acres of land, together with the various railroad structures of the relator thereon, including bridges, tunnels, embankments and other constructions incidental to the use of the land for steam railroad…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- People Ex Rel. D., L. W.R.R. Co. v. . ClappNew York Court of Appeals · 1897
- Elliott v. . Guardian Trust Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1912