Hill v. Sheldon
New York Supreme Court
Appeal from orders of Wayne county judge. These actions were brought by Francis A. Hill and John P. Bennett, respectively, against Andrew F. Sheldon, county treasurer, to obtain an order directing the county treasurer to invest certain taxes in accordance with Laws FT. Y. 1869, c. 907. Costs were awarded to the petitioners. The defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtDwight, J.
The proceeding is by petition to the county judge under the provisions of section 4, c. 907, Laws 1869, as amended by chapter 283, Laws 1871. We regard the decision of the case as controlled in all respects, as to its merits, by that of the court of appeals in Clark v. Sheldon. 106 N. Y. 104, 12 N. E. Rep. 341, which was a proceeding of the same character, by a tax-payer of another town of the same county against the same defendant, as in this case. But the question of costs in the proceeding before the county judge did not arise in that case; no costs having been awarded by the county judge…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Matter of Clark v. . SheldonNew York Court of Appeals · 1887
- Patterson v. BurnettNew York Supreme Court · 1889
3Cited by1 opinion
- Clarke v. SheldonNew York Supreme Court · 1890