Legal Opinion
Pinelawn Cemetery v. Cesare
New York Supreme Court
Decided March 7, 1977PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtVictor J. Orgera, J.
In this action the plaintiff seeks a judgment declaring that its property is exempt from real property taxes and that the assessments heretofore levied by *737the defendants are invalid. The defendant Town of Babylon has counterclaimed for a permanent injunction restraining the plaintiff from using the taxed portions of its property for cemetery purposes.
The complaint alleges that the plaintiff is a not-for-profit cemetery corporation and the owner of 785.7 acres of contiguous property in the Town of Babylon; that this property is listed as six separate parcels on the tax rolls of the Town of…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- People Ex Rel. Mizpah Lodge No. 518 of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows v. BurkeNew York Court of Appeals · 1920
- People Ex Rel. Savings Bank of New London v. ColemanNew York Court of Appeals · 1892
- People Ex Rel. Oak Hill Cemetery Ass'n v. PrattNew York Court of Appeals · 1891
- People ex rel. Blackburn v. BartonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1901
- In re the Lyons Cementery Ass'nAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1904
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Young Womens Christian Ass'n v. WagnerNew York Supreme Court · 1978
- Pinelawn Cemetery v. CesareAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1978
- Welch v. City of UticaNew York Supreme Court · 1981