Legal Opinion

People ex rel. Metropolitan Playhouses, Inc. v. Graves

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

Decided July 2, 1937PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtHeffernan, J.

In this proceeding we are called upon to review a determination of the State Tax Commission which imposed a mortgage recording tax upon an instrument described in the record as a supplemental indenture executed and delivered by relator to Central Hanover Bank and Trust Company and Bayard W. Read, as trustees. Questions of law only are involved.

The pertinent facts are that in 1928 Fox Metropolitan Playhouses, Inc., a domestic corporation, was engaged in the operation of theatres upon its properties in this State and in the State of New Jersey. Shortly after its organization the company issued…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. People Ex Rel. Banner Land Co. v. State Tax CommissionNew York Court of Appeals · 1926
  2. People Ex Rel. New York Title & Mortgage Co. v. State Tax CommissionNew York Court of Appeals · 1927
  3. People ex rel. New York Title v. State Tax CommissionAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1927
  4. People Ex Rel. Williamsburgh Savings Bank v. State Tax CommissionNew York Court of Appeals · 1927

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. In re the Estate of BirdsallNew York Surrogate's Court · 1941
  2. Gramott Corp. v. GravesAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1938
  3. Defiance Paper Co. v. BrowneAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1944
  4. Gramott Corp. v. GravesAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1938
  5. Park & 46th Street Corp. v. State Tax CommissionAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1945

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