In re Syracuse University for an Order to Show Cause Why Certain Assessments upon the Property of Said University in Syracuse

Cheney, J.:

This is an application pursuant to section 2 of the act to supplement the provisions of law relating to the department of assessment and taxation of the city of Syracuse (Laws of 1906, chap. 75, as amd. by Laws of 1923, chap. 304) for an order declaring certain assessments made by the respondents, the board of assessors of the city of Syracuse, against the property of the petitioner to be unjust and unreasonable and to vacate the same.

This statute provides for the city of Syracuse a summary method of determining the validity of any assessment of property for the purpose of…