Lincoln Building Corp. v. State

Appeal by claimant from a judgment of the Court of Claims in favor of the defendant. The action was brought to recover amounts paid to the State for stock transfer taxes under article 12 of the Tax Law. The case involved the same question which was presented in Arden Farms Go. V. State of New York (270 App. Div. 302, affd. 296 N. Y. 787). The judgment of the Court of Claims is reversed on the law and facts, and the case- is remitted to the Court of Claims for entry of judgment upon the order of reversal with damages in favor of claimant in the sum of $4,564,05, with interest from November 7,…