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In re Chadwick

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided March 15, 1901PublishedCited by 6 opinions

Appeal by the petitioner, Zalia M. Chadwick, from an order of the County Court of Tioga county, entered in the office of the clerk of the county' of Tioga on the 15th day of ¡November, 1900, denying petitioner’s application for an order directing the board of supervisors of Tioga county to refund certain taxes claimed to have been illegally and improperly assessed or levied, the application having been made under section 16 of chapter 686 of the'Laws of 1892, known as the…

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Appeal by the petitioner, Zalia M. Chadwick, from an order of the County Court of Tioga county, entered in the office of the clerk of the county' of Tioga on the 15th day of ¡November, 1900, denying petitioner’s application for an order directing the board of supervisors of Tioga county to refund certain taxes claimed to have been illegally and improperly assessed or levied, the application having been made under section 16 of chapter 686 of the'Laws of 1892, known as the County Law.

1Opinion of the Court

Kellogg, J.:

It appears from the papers before us that in 1895 the assessors of the town of Barton, in Tioga county, assessed certain real estate in said town to “ Warford, Cyrus, est. G. H. Grafft, Agt.,” at the sum of $10,000, and thereafter in that year the board of supervisors levied thereon a tax of $80, and directed the collector to collect the same from the person to whom assessed, that is, the estate of Cyrus Warford, G. H. Graift, agent. The tax was not collected. In February, 1896, the applicant, Zalia M. Chadwick, purchased the property. In 1896, after such purchase, the assessors…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Trowbridge v. . HoranNew York Court of Appeals · 1879
  2. Matter of Adams v. . SupervisorsNew York Court of Appeals · 1898
  3. Adams v. Board of SupervisorsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1897

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Western New York & Pennsylvania Railway Co. v. City of BuffaloNew York Supreme Court · 1941
  2. Dale v. City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1902
  3. Dale v. City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1902
  4. People ex rel. Glen Head Realty Co. v. GarlandNew York Supreme Court · 1911
  5. People ex rel. Robinson v. BanfieldNew York Supreme Court · 1901

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