People ex rel. Douglas v. Dykes

This is a proceeding by certiorari to review the action of the assessors of the town of Flushing, in Queens county, in assessing the relator for personal property. For the year 1890 they assessed the relator for $30,-000 of personal property, and at the proper time his attorney in fact appeared before the assessors, and made objection to the assessment, and furnished, proof that the debts of the relator exceeded the-value of his property.. There *79was no proof to the contrary, and no inconsistency in the testimony, and no evidence from which the assessors could infer any fraudulent effort to…