In re the City of New York for a Writ of Certiorari Directed to Deyo
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the City of New York from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the Ulster Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Ulster on the 20th day of January, 1913, dismissing the writ of certiorari herein.
1Opinion of the Court
Lyon, J.:
The important question at issue upon this appeal is whether the aqueduct constructed by the city of New York to convey water from the Ashokan reservoir in the county of Ulster to the city of New York is exempt from taxation pursuant to the provisions of chapter 724 of the Laws of 1905.
Said city has acquired title to a continuous strip of land extending from said reservoir to said city. The portion thereof extending through the town of Gardiner, Ulster county, is *320about two hundred feet wide and seven miles long and contains about 160 acres. Throughout the length of the strip in said…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Matter of City of New York v. . MitchellNew York Court of Appeals · 1905
3Cited by3 opinions
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- People ex rel. City of New York v. JansenAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1913