Legal Opinion

People ex rel. Stewart v. Feitner

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

Decided July 1, 1904PublishedCited by 4 opinions

Appeal by the defendants, Thomas L. Feitner and others, as commissioners of taxes and assessments of the city of New York, 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 16th day of February, 1904, reducing the assessment of certain real property in the city of New York for taxation, for the year 1899.

1Opinion of the Court

Ingraham, J.:

This proceeding was commenced for the purpose of reviewing the action of the defendants in refusing to reduce the assessment for taxation of certain real estate in the city of New York. A writ of certiorari was issued, to which the defendants made a return. The defendants moved upon the petition, writ and return to quash the writ, which motion was denied, whereupon the court appointed a referee to take evidence upon the issues raised by the petition and the return thereto, and report the same to this court with his findings of fact and conclusions of law. The parties proceeded…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. People Ex Rel. Warren v. . CarterNew York Court of Appeals · 1888
  2. People Ex Rel. Allen v. . BadgleyNew York Court of Appeals · 1893

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. People ex rel. O'Neil v. PurdyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1919
  2. People ex rel. Hudson v. State Board of Tax CommissionersAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1911
  3. People ex rel. Stewart v. FeitnerNew York Supreme Court · 1907
  4. People ex rel. Western Electric Co. v. FeitnerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1904

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