Pratt Institute v. City of New York
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, Pratt Institute, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendant, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Kings on the 25th day of March, 1904, upon the decision of the court, rendered after a trial at the Kings County Special Term, sustaining the defendant’s demurrer to the plaintiff’s amended complaint and dismissing the said complaint.
1Opinion of the Court
Jenks, J. :
The action is to cancel and set aside taxes on certain real estate of the plaintiff in the borough of Brooklyn, consisting of five lots with houses thereon, given by Mr. Charles Pratt to the plaintiff after its incorporation. The realty is not connected with the property of the plaintiff directly devoted to its educational and charit*526able work, but is leased, and .its rents are used in the said work. The plaintiff asserts exemption perforce of section 10 of its charter (Laws of 1887, chap. 398), which reads: “ For the uses and purposes aforesaid, the said corporation is authorized…
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