People Ex Rel. Ward v. . Sutton
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the second judicial department, entered October 31, 1919, which reversed an order of Special Term denying.a motion to quash a writ of certiorari for the review of assessments upon relators’ real property and granted said motion. The facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtCardozo, J.
The petitioners sued out a writ of certiorari for the review of assessments upon real property in the city of New Rochelle (Tax Law, sec. 290; Consol. Laws, chap. 60). They charged both overvaluation and inequality. The respondents moved to quash the writ on the ground that the petition was insufficient on its face. The motion, denied at Special Term, was granted at the Appellate Division, and the writ dismissed. The decision went “ upon the ground that the petition is insufficient as to the claim of overvaluation because the extent of overvaluation is stated in the aggregate for both parcels…
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