People ex rel. Bleecker St. & F. F. R. v. Barker
New York Supreme Court
Appeal from special term, New York county. Certiorari by the Bleecker Street & Fulton Ferry Eailroad Company to review the action of Edward P. Barker, and others, commissioners of taxes and assessment of the city and county of New York, in assessing the personal property of relator for personal taxation for the year 1891. A decision vacating the assessment was affirmed (32 N. Y. Supp. 990), and relator moved for a retaxation of costs as taxed by the clerk.
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Appeal from special term, New York county. Certiorari by the Bleecker Street & Fulton Ferry Eailroad Company to review the action of Edward P. Barker, and others, commissioners of taxes and assessment of the city and county of New York, in assessing the personal property of relator for personal taxation for the year 1891. A decision vacating the assessment was affirmed (32 N. Y. Supp. 990), and relator moved for a retaxation of costs as taxed by the clerk. From an order directing the bill of costs to be retaxed in the sum of $108.72 in lieu of $27.52, at which it had been taxed by the clerk,…
1Per curiam
People v. Pratt, 66 Hun, 578, 21 N. Y. Supp. 853, affirmed without opinion in 138 N. Y. 655, 34 N. E. 513, is in point and controlling upon the question presented on this appeal. In that case it appeared that the court of appeals made a final order in favor of the relator, with costs in general term and court of appeals. The clerk taxed the costs as on appeals from orders granted on motion. The special term ordered a retaxation, and directed that costs in the court of appeals should be taxed as in an action. In reversing the special term and sustaining the taxation made by the clerk the court…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- White v. . AnthonyNew York Court of Appeals · 1861
- Brown v. . LeighNew York Court of Appeals · 1872
- People ex rel. Oak Hill Cemetery Ass'n v. PrattNew York Supreme Court · 1893
3Cited by1 opinion
- People ex rel. Bemus v. FlaggNew York Supreme Court · 1897