People ex rel. Groton Savings Bank v. Barker
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendants, Edward P. Barker and others, commissioners Of taxes and assessments of the -city of New York, from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the-New York Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk' of the county of New York on the- 13th day of June, 1896, vacating an assessment tain bank stock held by the relator. on cer-
1Opinion of the Court
Rumsey, J.:
The Groton Savings Bank, the relator herein, is a corporation chartered under the laws of the State of Connecticut. Among its assets are shares of stock in certain banks of the city of New York. In the year 1894 the appellants here, who are the commissioners of taxes of the city of New York, assessed these shares of stock against the relator for taxation, pursuant to the provisions of section 312 of chapter 409 of the Laws of 1882. The relator, being dissatisfied with the action of the commissioners of taxes, commenced this proceeding to review it and to procure an order vacating…
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