People Ex Rel. R., W. O.R.R. Co. v. . Hicks

These are cross appeals. In the case of the same relators against the assessors of the towns of Somerset and Wilson, recently decided, we declined to review the conclusion of fact upon the question of value. It is usual for us, on a motion, to follow the determination of the courts below upon the facts, and unless this court is to become a board of assessors to settle finally disputed valuations all over the State, we must confine our review of proceedings instituted under the act of 1880, to questions of law, and to the inquiry, whether legal rules or correct principles have been violated.…