Legal Opinion

Casterton v. Town of Vienna

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

Decided July 1, 1897PublishedCited by 4 opinions

Appeal by the defendant, The Town of Vienna, from portions of a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff and the defendant The Town of Verona, and against The Town of Vienna, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Onondaga on the • 13th day of January, 1896, upon the decision of the court, ■ separately stating the facts, found and the conclusions of law, rendered after a trial at the Oneida "Special Term.

1Opinion of the Court

Follett, J.:

This action was begun March 19, 1895, to have it determined whether seventy-nine acres of land, owned and occupied by the plaintiff, and situate in the town of Vienna, were assessable for taxes in that town or in the town of Verona.

The towns of Vienna and Verona adjoin each other and are in ' the county of Oneida.

In 1869, three adjoining parcels of land, aggregating 174 acres, situate in the town .of Verona, were united in ownership and were thereafter occupied by the owner as a single farm, which land has always been and now is assessed for taxes in that town. April 1, 1871, the…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. People Ex Rel. Canajoharie National Bank v. Board of SupervisorsNew York Court of Appeals · 1876
  2. In the Matter of the EvergreensNew York Court of Appeals · 1872
  3. Whipple v. . ChristianNew York Court of Appeals · 1880
  4. Lewis v. City of SyracuseAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1897

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. People ex rel. Low v. WilsonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1906
  2. Weed v. Common CouncilNew York Supreme Court · 1899
  3. Wilcox v. BakerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1897
  4. Wilcox v. BakerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1897

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