In re Nisbet
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by William F. Nisbet and another from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the Westchester Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Westchester on the 28th ■ day of October, 1895, as resettled by an order, entered in said clerk’s office on the 28th day of December, 1895, dismissing a writ of certiorari issued in the proceeding, and also from an .order entered in said clerk’s office on the 14th day of December, 1895, denying the motion of…
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Appeal by William F. Nisbet and another from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the Westchester Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Westchester on the 28th ■ day of October, 1895, as resettled by an order, entered in said clerk’s office on the 28th day of December, 1895, dismissing a writ of certiorari issued in the proceeding, and also from an .order entered in said clerk’s office on the 14th day of December, 1895, denying the motion of the petitioners to amend the petition.
1Opinion of the Court
Brown, P. J.:
The petitioners in this proceeding are taxpayers in the city of Yofficers, and seek a review by certiorari of the assessment upon their real property.
The writ having been allowed and the return thereto having been made, the, proceedings were dismissed on the motion of the assessors, upon the ground that the petition was insufficient.
We are of the opinion that this ruling^ cannot be sustained.
The petition alleges that the assessment complained of is erroneous by reason of overvaluation, or is unequal in that it has been made at a higher proportionate valuation than other real…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Rochester Railway Co. v. RobinsonNew York Court of Appeals · 1892
- People Ex Rel. Allen v. . BadgleyNew York Court of Appeals · 1893
3Cited by3 opinions
- People ex rel. Hall v. OuderkirkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1907
- In re the City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1907
- In re NisbetAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1899