People ex rel. Sweet v. Board of Supervisors
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Certiorari issued out of the Supreme Court and attested on' the-19th day of March,1904, directed to the Board of Supervisors of St. Lawrence County, commanding them to certify and return to-the office of the clerk of -the county of St. Lawrence all and singular-their proceedings had in rejecting a certain- claim presented hy the-relator.- -
1Opinion of the Court
Houghton, J.:
Prior to the year' 1898 the several towns in the county of St.. Lawrence had assessed the various railroads' running through, the-county at unequal amounts per mile. The agitation Upon the sub-' ject resulted in a recommendation by the board of supervisors that: all towns assess all railroads $10,000 per mile; and as an evident: inducement for towns so to do, the board passed a resolution that: in case any town should become involved in litigation with the-railroad company by reason of assessment at that rate, the remaining-real estate being assessed properly at full value, the…
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