Legal Opinion

People ex rel. Horton v. Ferguson

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided June 7, 1907PublishedCited by 3 opinions

- Appeal by the relator, Eugene Horton, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendants,, entered, in the office'of the clerk of the county of Orange on the ..1st day óf Movember, 1906, pursuant to an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 1st. day of Movember, 1906,. quashing a writ of certiorari theretofore granted herein, and.also from the said order quashing the. writ.

1Opinion of the Court

Burr, J.:

■ To entitle the relator to this writ it must appear that application, was made in due time to the-proper officers to correct such assess- ■ ment. (Laws of 1896,. chap. 9Ó8, .§■ 250.) UpQn such- application the assessors may require the person assessed, or his agent or repre-' sentative,- to appear before them and be examined concerning his complaint, and to produce any papers relating to such assessment with respect to bis property. (Id. § 36.) In this case the assessors' *564required the personal attendance of the complainant before them., He refused to appear at the time named,…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. People ex rel. Brown v. O'RourkeAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1898

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. People ex rel. Trojan Realty Corp. v. PurdyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1916
  2. Hilton Inns, Inc. v. Board of Assessors of TarrytownNew York Supreme Court · 1963
  3. National 56 Corp. v. McIntyreNew York Supreme Court · 1963

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