People ex rel. Brown v. Purdy
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendants, Lawson Purdy and others, from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the Bronx Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Bronx on the 22d day of March, 1917, reducing an assessment for taxation for 1915 upon real property in the borough of The Bronx.
1Opinion of the Court
Shearn, J.:
The proceeding is a certiorari to review the action of the commissioners of taxes and assessments relative to the assessment of a plot of vacant land in the borough of The Bronx. The lot is irregular in shape and is located on the north side of Rockwood street, between the Grand Boulevard and Concourse and Walton avenue. It lies entirely within the lines of a certain former street known as Fifth avenue which was closed and discontinued pursuant to chapter 1006 of the Laws ,:f 1895. It appears that a portion of the old avenue, originally Known as Fifth avenue and later adopted as a…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Matter of City of N.Y. (Grand Boulevard)New York Court of Appeals · 1914
- Barber v. . WoolfNew York Court of Appeals · 1915
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