Ackerson v. Board of Supervisors
New York Supreme Court
Appeal from special term, Niagara county. Action by Charles F. Ackerson, as supervisor of the town of Somerset, against the board of supervisors of Niagara county, and John J. Arnold, as county treasurer. From a judgment for plaintiff, (18 N. Y. Supp. 219,) defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtHaight, J.
This action was brought to recover the amount of the taxes collected by the defendants from the Borne, Watertown & Ogdensburgh Bailroad Company in the town of Somerset, and is based upon the provisions of section 4, c. 907, Laws 1869, as amended by chapter 789, Laws 1870, and chapters 283, 925, Laws 1871. In the year 1872 the town of Somerset issued bonds to the amount of $90,000, bearing interest at the rate of 7 per cent, per annum, to aid in the construction of the Lake Ontario Shore Bail-road, then, about to be built' through the town. These bonds were issued to the railroad company in…
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