In re Acquiring Title to Townsend Avenue

There are only two objectors to the confirmation of the report in this proceeding. Messrs. Gumbleton & Hottenroth, who appear for Morris B. Schurck, object to the assessment levied upon premises indicated as No. 39 on the benefit map, on the ground that the commissioners have no authority to assess said property for more than one-half its tax valuation, as fixed on the date of vesting the title in this proceeding, to .wit, September 6, 1897. It is conceded that the proposed assessment on this parcel is $550.50, and that its tax valuation in 1897 was $500. It is, therefore, contended that the…