People ex rel. Young Men's Ass'n v. Sayles
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendants, William Sayles and others, assessors of the city of Albany, from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the Albany Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Albany on the 18th day of March, 1898, upon a writ of certiorari and the return thereto, directing that the assessment of $50,000 levied by the assessors upon the real estate of the relator in the city of Albany be stricken from the assessment roll of said city.
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Appeal by the defendants, William Sayles and others, assessors of the city of Albany, from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the Albany Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Albany on the 18th day of March, 1898, upon a writ of certiorari and the return thereto, directing that the assessment of $50,000 levied by the assessors upon the real estate of the relator in the city of Albany be stricken from the assessment roll of said city. The order appealed from was based upon the ground that the relator is a corporation organized exclusively for the mental and…
1Opinion of the Court
Landon, J.:
The relator is a corporation organized under the laws of the State exclusively for promoting and carrying out some of the benevolent. and charitable purposes specified in chapter 371 of the Laws of 1897. It lawfully acquired the real estate in question by means of the contributions of the benevolent. It consists of a valuable lot fronting upon Washington avenue in the city of Albany, 120 feet in width, 310 feet in depth, upon which it erected at a cost of about $160,000, furnished by such' contributions, a large building named “ Harmanus Bleecker Hall,” in honor of the liberal…
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