Board of Education of Poughkeepsie City School District v. City of Poughkeepsie

In 2001, the plaintiff, the Board of Education of the Poughkeepsie City School District (hereinafter the District), sued the City of Poughkeepsie and the City of Poughkeepsie’s Commis*802sioner of Finance (hereinafter together the defendants) over the City’s nonpayment of school taxes on real property the City acquired through tax deeds. In its first cause of action, the District sought a judgment declaring that it is entitled to receive school taxes on that real property. The second cause of action was for money had and received, and the third cause of action was for an accounting. In their…