People Ex Rel. Eckerson v. . Christie
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from judgment of the General Term of the Supreme Oourt in the second judicial department, made June 25,1888, which modified as to costs and affirmed, as modified, a judgment entered upon a decision of the court at Special Term. These proceedings were by certiorari to review assessments of certain real estate belonging to the petitioner, used for brick manufacture, situate in the town of Haverstraw.
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Appeal from judgment of the General Term of the Supreme Oourt in the second judicial department, made June 25,1888, which modified as to costs and affirmed, as modified, a judgment entered upon a decision of the court at Special Term. These proceedings were by certiorari to review assessments of certain real estate belonging to the petitioner, used for brick manufacture, situate in the town of Haverstraw. At the time specified in the notice published by the assessorsf or hearing grievances an attorney appeared for the petitioners before the assessors and asked to have the assessments reduced.…
1Opinion of the CourtFinch, J.
We are not to review the findings of fact which determined the inequality of the relators’ assessment when compared with that of the other property of the town. (People ex rel. R. W. & O. R. R. Co. v. Hicks, 105 N. Y. 198; People ex rel. K. F. Ins. Co. v. Coleman, 107 id. 544.) We are only to inquire whether there was legal evidence tending to that conclusion, and whether any errors of law affected the ultimate decision. The principle objection argued is that the assessment-roll was not returned, and the comparison of values was with a few pieces of property without any proof of the general…
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