People ex rel. Avery v. Purdy
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendants, Lawson Purdy and others, commissioners, etc., 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 10th day of June, 1912, reducing an assessment on personal property held by the relators as administrators, etc., with the will annexed of Mary E. Brinckerhoff, deceased.
1Opinion of the Court
Laughlin, J.:
This is a certiorari proceeding to review an assessment made by the appellants, as commissioners of taxes and assessments of the city of Hew York, against the relators, as administrators with the will annexed of Mary E. Brinckerhoff, for the year 1911. The decedent died on the 7th day of April, 1910, a resident of the village of Hastings, county of Westchester, leaving a last will and testament naming executors, and one Wait was the sole surviving executor. The probate of the will was contested, and Wait was appointed temporary administrator on May 6, 1910, and acted as such…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Hastings v. TouseyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1908
- O'Brien v. BakerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1901
- In re HaightAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1898
- People Ex Rel. Stebbins v. . PurdyNew York Court of Appeals · 1911
- People ex rel. Stebbins v. PurdyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1911
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