People Ex Rel. Allen v. . Badgley
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from judgment of the General Term of the Supreme-Court in the second judicial department, entered upon an order made February 18, 1893, which affirmed an order of Special Term, granting a writ of certiorari to review the action of the assessors of the town of Poughkeepsie in the county of Dutchess and reducing an assessment made by them upon property of the relator. The facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtEarl, J.
Chapter 269 of the Laws of 1880 authorizes an aggrieved taxpayer to procure the review by certiorari of the assessment of his property, on the ground that it is illegal, or erroneous by reason of overvalution, or is unequal in that it has been made at a higher proportionate valuation than other property on the same assessment roll. The relator under that act, claiming that his real estate in the town of Poughkeepsie, was, in the year 1892, assessed at a higher rate than other real estate in the town, procured a writ of certiorari for the purpose of correcting the assessment. The assessors…
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