Legal Opinion
City Title Insurance v. Orgel
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided July 18, 1956Published
1Opinion of the CourtWenzel, Acting P. J.
The petition in this proceeding sought a determination that the correct amount of tax on a certain instrument which the petitioner-respondent had presented to appellant for recording was $13.50, under the provisions of article 11 of the Tax Law. Appellant had refused to record the instrument unless $30 was paid as mortgage tax. During the pendency of this proceeding, appellant changed his view as to the amount of the tax, increasing his computation to $35.
The instrument in question has reference to a mortgage on certain real property, which mortgage had been made and recorded in 1944 to…
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- Matter of Towers Man. Corp. v. ThatcherNew York Court of Appeals · 1936
- In Re the Appraisal, Under the Transfer Tax Act, of the Estate of CooleyNew York Court of Appeals · 1906
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