Syracuse Center of Jehovah's Witnesses, Inc. v. City of Syracuse

This is an action to have a tax levied by defendants for the year 1936 on property owned by plaintiff, canceled as a cloud on title, based upon the claim that the property is exempt from taxation under the provisions of section 4 of the Tax Law of the State of New York.

The defendants contend that this form of action will not lie and that plaintiff’s right to relief is conditioned upon proof that a notice of claim and intention to sue was first served as provided in section 244 of the Second Class Cities Law and section 250 of the Charter of the City of Syracuse (Laws of 1885, chap. 26, as…