People ex rel. Hollock v. Purdy

The relator, claiming that his property has been illegally assessed, brought these proceedings to review the action of the tax commissioners and to have such assassment canceled.

It appears that the property in question was acquired by the city on April 22, 1908, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 4 of the Laws of 1891, known as the Rapid Transit Act. In its petition to this court for the appointment of commissioners of appraisal, the applicants, constituting the Public Service Commission for the First Distritit, among other things, set forth that it desired to acquire the same for…