Matter of Lord
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, entered April 8, 1901, affirming an order of Special Term granting the prayer of the petitioner for permission to inspect certain public records with limitations as to time and manner. The facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion. The statute distinctly gives the right to a general inspection and is mandatory.
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Appeal from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, entered April 8, 1901, affirming an order of Special Term granting the prayer of the petitioner for permission to inspect certain public records with limitations as to time and manner. The facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion. The statute distinctly gives the right to a general inspection and is mandatory. (L. 1897, cli. 378, § 892; Clark v. Norton, 49 N. Y. 243: Westfall v. Preston, 49 N. Y. 349; Overing v. Foote, 65 N. Y. 263; People ex rel. v. Forrest, 96 N. Y. 544; Cooley…
1Opinion of the CourtBartlett, J.
The petitioner seeks in this proceeding an order directing the commissioners of taxes and assessments, who constitute the board of taxes and assessments of the city of New York, to permit him, on his own behalf and on behalf of others named, to examine the annual record of the assessed valuation of real and personal estate of the borough of Manhattan for the year 1901.
The petitioner alleges in substance that he is a taxpayer upon property within the city of New York assessed at more than one thousand dollars, and that he also represents various taxpayers as executor, trustee, or attorney at…
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