People ex rel. Thomson v. Feitner
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendants, Thomas L. Feitner and others, commissioners of taxes and assessments of the city of New York, from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the New York Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on • the 16th day of February, 1901, denying the defendant’s motion to quash a writ of certiorari and directing a reference of the issues raised by the petition and the return thereto.
1Opinion of the Court
Patterson, J.:
This is an appeal from an order denying a motion to quash a writ of certiorari to review the action' of the tax commissioners in assessing real estate belonging to the relator for the purpose of taxation for the year 1899, and directing a reference of the issues framed by the petition of the relator and the return of the respondents thereto. There are two grounds upon which the relator claimed that the action of the commissioners in fixing the amount of the assessment was erroneous: First, overvaluation, and, second, inequality. On the argument of the appeal the second ground…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- People ex rel. Sutphen v. FeitnerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1899
- People ex rel. Bronx Gas & Electric Co. v. FeitnerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1899
3Cited by1 opinion
- People Ex Rel. Thomson v. . FeitnerNew York Court of Appeals · 1901