People ex rel. Flower v. Bleckwenn
New York Supreme Court
Appeal from special term, Queens county. Application by Boswell P. Flower, for mandamus to compel Frederick W. Bleckwenn, as treasurer and receiver of taxes of Long Island City, to accept the taxes of 1880, without interest. Defendant appeals from a judgment allowing the writ.
1Opinion of the CourtBarnard, P. J.
The relator is the owner of certain lands in Long Island City. In 1880, the assessors, in making up the assessment roll, failed to annex thereto the sworn statement as required by law. The tax was void for this omission, but the legislature, by chapter 656, Laws 1886, ratified and confirmed the tax, and levied the same, with interest, upon the several pieces of land and premises upon which the same was originally assessed or levied. The relator claims that the legislature had no power to assess and aver the interest on the old tax, because it was invalid, and therefore did not draw interest.…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Spencer v. . MerchantNew York Court of Appeals · 1885
- Ensign v. . BarseNew York Court of Appeals · 1887
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