People Ex Rel. Mott v. . Board of Supervisors
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from order of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the third judicial department reversing an order of Special Term denying a motion for a writ of peremptory mandamus, and directing the issuing of such writ directed to defendant, commanding its members to assemble and impose a tax upon the taxable property of said county of Greene for the purpose of paying the interest upon certain bonds held by relator, issued by defendant.
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Appeal from order of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the third judicial department reversing an order of Special Term denying a motion for a writ of peremptory mandamus, and directing the issuing of such writ directed to defendant, commanding its members to assemble and impose a tax upon the taxable property of said county of Greene for the purpose of paying the interest upon certain bonds held by relator, issued by defendant. The affidavits upon the part of the relator alleged, in substance, that under the provisions of the act of 1869, “to enable the supervisors of the counties of…
1Opinion of the CourtMiller, J.
The relator seeks, by writ of mandamus, to compel the payment of the interest upon, two bonds purporting to be issued by the board of supervisors of the county of Greene, in pursuance of chapter 215 of the Laws of 1869, which authorizes the board of supervisors of said county, if in their discretion they should see fit to do so, to issue the bonds of said county to any banks therein which had paid taxes, during the years 1863 and 1864, upon any portion of their capital stock invested in securities of the United States, exempt by law from taxation.
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