Legal Opinion
Franklin Society for Home Building & Savings v. Bennett
New York Court of Appeals
Decided December 28, 1939PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLehman, J.
The plaintiff is a savings and loan associa-
tion, organized under the provisions of article X of the Banking Law (Cons. Laws, ch. 2). By section 386 (now § 380, subd. 5) of that article it is required to record immediately every mortgage taken by it. The Register of the County of Queens, the recording officer of that county, refused to accept four mortgages tendered to him by the plaintiff for record unless the plaintiff paid to him the amount of the “ recording tax,” which the Legislature had attempted to impose upon each mortgage recorded after the 1st day of July, 1906. (Tax Law [Cons.…
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