People ex rel. Delta Kappa Epsilon Society of Hamilton College v. Lawler
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendants, E. F. Lawler and others, as assessors of the town of Kirkland, Oneida county, FJ. Y., from a final order and judgment of the Supreme Court' in favor of the relator, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Oneida on the 26th day of December, 1901, upon the decision of the court, rendered after a trial at the Oneida Special Term, disapproving findings of fact and conclusions of law of a referee, and exempting the property of the plaintiff…
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Appeal by the defendants, E. F. Lawler and others, as assessors of the town of Kirkland, Oneida county, FJ. Y., from a final order and judgment of the Supreme Court' in favor of the relator, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Oneida on the 26th day of December, 1901, upon the decision of the court, rendered after a trial at the Oneida Special Term, disapproving findings of fact and conclusions of law of a referee, and exempting the property of the plaintiff from taxation. This proceeding was commenced on the 11th day of September, 1900, by the service of a petition…
1Opinion of the Court
Adams, P. J.:
The relator, The Delta Kappa Epsilon Fraternity, is one of seven Greek letter societies existing at Hamilton College in this State. It is a domestic corporation, and as such was duly organized under the laws of this State in the year 1878, its certificate of organization stating its objects and purposes to be “ literary, and for the promotion of the fine arts.”
The society consists of thirty-nine chapters, located in various ■ parts of the United States and Canada, with a membership of about ■fifteen thousand individuals; and this particular chapter at the time in question was…
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