In re Peek
New York Supreme Court
'Appeal from Schenectady county court. Application by Caroline Peek for an order directing the board of supervisors of Schenectady county to refund taxes alleged to have been illegally assessed and collected of said petitioner. Prom an order in favor of petitioner, the board of supervisors appeals.. Reversed.
1Opinion of the CourtMayham, P. J.
The petitioner and respondent in these proceedings received from the United States government, as the widow of a deceased soldier, $2,700 pension money, and thereafter purchased a house and lot in the city of Schenectady, agreeing to pay therefor the sum of $1,450, on which she paid $1,000 of the pension money, and gave a purchase-money mortgage on the premises for the remaining $450 of the purchase price. In 1891 the assessors . of Schenectady assessed the premises to the petitioner at $800, on which she paid a tax of $13.44, and again, in 1892, the assessors-assessed the premises at $700,…
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