People ex rel. Edison Electric Illuminating Co. v. Feitner
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the relator, the Edison Electric Illuminating Company of Brooklyn, from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the New York Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 14th day of January, 1903, dismissing the writ of certiorari granted herein, which sought to review the action of the commissioners of taxes and assessments in assessing the valuation of real estate.
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Appeal by the relator, the Edison Electric Illuminating Company of Brooklyn, from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the New York Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 14th day of January, 1903, dismissing the writ of certiorari granted herein, which sought to review the action of the commissioners of taxes and assessments in assessing the valuation of real estate. The relator filed with the tax commissioners of the city of New York on the 29th day of April, 1899, an application in.writing.asking that the amount of the assessments for the…
1Opinion of the Court
Hatch, J.:
There is not only a division in this court upon the question presented by this appeal, but the opinions and decisions which have been delivered from time to time respecting the subject-matter are not easy of reconciliation either in this court or in the Court of Appeals. I am not able to see any substantial difference between the application of the appellant to the commissioners of taxes and assessments for a reduction of its assessment in this case and the application which was considered in People ex rel. Broadway Improvement Co. v. Barker. (14 App. Div. 412), and in People ex…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- People ex rel. Greenwood v. FeitnerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1902
- People ex rel. Broadway Realty Co. v. FeitnerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1901
- People ex rel. Broadway Improvement Co. v. BarkerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1897
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- People ex rel. Boehm v. WellsNew York Supreme Court · 1903
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