People v. . Trustees of Village of Ogdensburgh
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from judgment of the General Term of the Supreme Oourt in the fourth judicial district, quashing a common-law writ of certiorari, which was allowed at a Special Term of the Supreme Oourt, to rescind an assessment against the relators, as agents of George Parish, a resident of Bohemia, made in 1866. The return of the defendants to the writ shows that their predecessors in office made the assessment complained of, and it contains all the proceedings had before the board…
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Appeal from judgment of the General Term of the Supreme Oourt in the fourth judicial district, quashing a common-law writ of certiorari, which was allowed at a Special Term of the Supreme Oourt, to rescind an assessment against the relators, as agents of George Parish, a resident of Bohemia, made in 1866. The return of the defendants to the writ shows that their predecessors in office made the assessment complained of, and it contains all the proceedings had before the board of trustees, and their action thereon. The leading features of the return and other facts appear sufficiently in the…
1Opinion of the Court
Eabl, C:
The charter of the village of Ogdensburgh, as amended by chapter 62 of the Laws of 1865, provides that on or before the ' first day of May, in each year, it shall be the duty of the .trustees to prepare an assessment roll of the property in said village subject to taxation, with the valuation thereof as set down in the last preceding town assessment roll, or as the same shall be changed under-the authority given in the charter; and to add to such assessment roll any property hable to taxation with the taxable value thereof) which may have come within the corporation since the making…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Hoyt v. . the Commissioners of TaxesNew York Court of Appeals · 1861
- People v. . the Assessors of AlbanyNew York Court of Appeals · 1869
- People ex rel. Jefferson v. GardnerNew York Supreme Court · 1868
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- Goldgart v. People ex rel. GoarIllinois Supreme Court · 1883
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