People ex rel. New York University v. Wells
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the relator, the New York University, 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 28th day of March, 1904, superseding and quashing a writ of certiorari theretofore issued herein to review an assessment upon real property for taxation for the year 1903.
1Opinion of the Court
Ingraham, J. :
The relator presented to the Supreme Court a petition alleging that it is a corporation incorporated for educational, scientific and literary . purposes under a special act of the Legislature passed April 18, 1831, (chap. 176) and amended by chapter 54 of the Laws of 1-893; that since its incorporation it has been continuously engaged in the work of instructing students and of promoting literature and science in the city of New York; that for the purpose of its educational work, between the years 1831 and 1835, it erected a collegiate or university building upon the lot of land…
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