People ex rel. Bliss v. Feitner
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendants, Thomas L. Feitner and others, as commissioners of taxes and assessments of the city of New York, 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 19th day of March, 1902, granting the relator’s motion for a peremptory writ of mandamus.
1Opinion of the Court
McLaughlin, J".:
The relator obtained a peremptory writ of mandamus compelling the commissioners of taxes and assessments of the city of Mew York to remit the tax for the year 1901, levied upon certain personal property alleged to belong to him as the general guardian of George P. Bliss, an infant.
The facts set out in the petition, upon which the order directing that the writ issue was based, and such facts were not denied, were to the effect that at the time the assessment was made and for a long time prior thereto, neither the relator nor his ward resided in the city of Mew York, but, on the…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Peo. Ex Rel. N.Y. H.R.R. Co. v. . Bd. of TaxesNew York Court of Appeals · 1901
- People ex rel. Cochrane v. FeitnerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1899
3Cited by1 opinion
- People ex rel. Chambers v. WellsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1905