Legal Opinion
Goff v. Shultis
New York Court of Appeals
Decided March 5, 1970PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBergan, J.
The 1930 tax assessment of wild forest land in the Town of Olive in Ulster County on which defendant George’s tax deed is based is erroneous in several respects, including *243both compass directions of boundary lines and the quantity of land assessed.
Yet the singular physical location of the assessed land in the Town of Olive bounded on the west side by the official public line of the Town of Denning and coming to a point in its northwest corner touching the southeast point of the official town lines of Shandaken, afford assurance that the essential statutory test of sufficiency of description…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Lewis v. . New York Harlem R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1900
- Clason v. . BaldwinNew York Court of Appeals · 1897
- McCoun v. . PierpontNew York Court of Appeals · 1921
- In Re Acquiring Title by the City of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1916
- Zink v. . McManusNew York Court of Appeals · 1890
11 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.
3Cited by20 opinions
- Shawangunk Conservancy, Inc. v. FinkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1999
- Town of Brookhaven v. DinosAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1980
- In Re HaynesUnited States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. New York · 2002
- S.A.B. Enterprises, Inc. v. Stewart's Ice Cream Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1992
- First Tower Corp. v. FrenchAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1974
15 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.