People ex rel. New York Edison Co. v. Feitner
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendants, Thomas L. Eeitner and others, as commissioners of taxes and assessments of the city of New York, from portions of 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 2d day of September, 1904, setting aside an assessment of $80,000 upon the wires and connections of the relator situated upon private property.
1Opinion of the Court
Ingraham, J.:
This proceeding was brought to review the action of the commissioners of taxes in assessing the property of the relator subject to taxation for the year 1901. Upon the hearing the court appointed a referee to take proof and report “ whether the foundations, sub and super-structures, cables, conduits, pipes, wires and connections assessed as the real property of the relator were owned by it and were situated wholly or in part upon private property and not in, upon, .under or above any street, highway, public place or public waters.” The referee took the proof submitted to him and…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Herkimer County Light & Power Co. v. JohnsonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1899
- People ex rel. National Starch Manufacturing Co. v. WaldronAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1898
- People ex rel. New York Edison Co. v. FeitnerNew York Supreme Court · 1904
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- Crystal v. City of Syracuse, Department of AssessmentAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1975
- People ex rel. Holmes Electric Protective Co. v. ChambersNew York Supreme Court · 1953
- Matter of New York Telephone Co., (Canough)New York Court of Appeals · 1943
- Stearns Lighting & Power Co. v. Central Trust Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1915
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