Marsh v. . City of Brooklyn

The plaintiffs were, for the purposes of this action, holders of the legal title to the premises involved herein. There had been laid upon the premises an assessment for a municipal purpose, which had been confirmed, and had become an apparent lien thereon. (Laws of 1854, chap. 384, p. 868, § 21.) At the time of laying on this assessment, the premises were unoccupied. Hence, the assessment could not be made upon any one as occupant, and was made, as it must be, against some one as owner. (Newell v. Wheeler, 48 N.Y., 486.) It so chanced that the owner named was not the plaintiffs, nor either…