People ex rel. Equitable Gaslight Co. v. Barker
New York Supreme Court
Appeal from special term, New York county. Petition by the Equitable Gaslight Compariy of New York for a writ of certiorari to reduce and cancel the assessment of their capital stock by Edward P. Barker and others, commissioners of taxes. Appeal by the relator from an order confirming assessment. Affirmed. -
1Opinion of the CourtO’Brien, J.
The relator, upon petition, obtained a writ of certiorari to obtain a reduction and cancellation of the assessment placed by the tax com*798missioners in taxing the capital stock of the relator. The petition states that the commissioners “have illegally and erroneously included in their valuation of the personal property of the said corporation on said roll for taxation the following: The then market value of the capital stock of said corporation, to wit, 112 per cent, upon the whole of said capital stock.”' The law provides (chapter 269, Laws 1880) that this writ is allowable “when the petition…
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