People ex rel. Peter Cooper's Glue Factory v. State Board
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, The State Board of Tax Commissioners, from a final order of the Supreme Court, made at the Kings County Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Kings on the 13th day of July, 1910, and also from a judgment entered in said clerk’s office on the same day upon such final order, in a certiorari proceeding instituted to review the action of the appellant in assessing a special franchise upon a line of pipe laid by respondent…
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Appeal by the defendant, The State Board of Tax Commissioners, from a final order of the Supreme Court, made at the Kings County Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Kings on the 13th day of July, 1910, and also from a judgment entered in said clerk’s office on the same day upon such final order, in a certiorari proceeding instituted to review the action of the appellant in assessing a special franchise upon a line of pipe laid by respondent in certain avenues in the city of Brooklyn.
1Opinion of the Court
Rich, J.:
The facts are not disputed. The record shows that some time prior to May 27, 1881, the relator applied to the municipal authorities of the then city of Brooklyn to lay the necessary pipes to connect its "water supply with the factory of the relator, and furnish it with city water for use therein, which application was denied. Thereupon the relator and the Lawrence Rope Works filed an application with the board of city works for permission to lay at their own expense a six-inch pipe from the end of the city main to their premises for the purpose of procuring water for manufacturing…
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