Legal Opinion
Congregation Gedulath Mordecai v. City of New York
City of New York Municipal Court
Decided December 30, 1929PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSulzberger, J.
The plaintiff brings four actions against the city of New York to recover taxes paid under protest for the years 1924, 1925, 1926 and 1927. The plaintiff claims that the taxes were illegally levied because the property was exempt from taxation under section 4, subdivision 7, of the Tax Law (as amd. by Laws of 1927, chap. 565).*
It was agreed by the attorneys for the respective parties hereto that the four actions should be tried together as one.
In 1922 the real property in question was purchased by the plaintiff congregation. The legal title was in the grand rabbi, but the property was held by…
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