People ex rel. Ridgewood Land & Improvement Co. v. Saxe
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Certiorari issued out of the Supreme Court and attested on the 19th day of November, 1915, directed to Martin Saxe and others, as the State Tax Commission of the State of New York, commanding them to certify and return to the office of the clerk of the county of Albany all and singular their proceedings had in determining the franchise tax of the relator for the year ending October 31, 1913.
1Opinion of the Court
Woodward, J.:
In November, 1881, the Ridgewood Land and Improvement Company was incorporated for the purpose, as declared in its charter, of “purchasing, taking, holding and possessing real estate and buildings, and selling, leasing and improving the same.” The corporation was organized under the provisions of the act of 1848 (Chap. 40) and the amendments thereto, and is a stock corporation, the object above quoted being the only one recited in its articles of incorporation. The original capital stock was $100,000, and this was subsequently increased to $200,000. There is no question that the…
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