People ex rel. VAn Voast v. Townley
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendants, Edward Townley and others, as assessors, from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the Essex Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Schenectady on the 31st day of July, 1918, granting a peremptory writ of mandamus.
1Opinion of the Court
Lyon, J.:
We think the relator was not entitled to the order that a writ of mandamus issue. He is one of the four members of the board of assessors of the city of Schenectady. Serious differences appear to have arisen between the relator and the other members of the board. He seeks by this writ to compel the board to convene and to examine with him certain figures and reports of the General Electric Company relative to the year 1917, pursuant to chapter 271 of the Laws of 1918, which by that act were to be included in the assessment roll for that year. He alleges in the affidavit which forms…
2Cited by1 opinion
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