Town of Greece v. Vick
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, the Town of Greece, from a judgment of the County Court of Monroe county in favor of the defendant, entered in the office of the clerk of said county on the 28th day of March, 1907, pursuant to an order of said County Court entered on the 28th day of March, 1907, reversing a judgment in favor of the plaintiff theretofore rendered by a justice of the peace of the town of Greece in said county, and also from the said order upon which the judgment…
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Appeal by the plaintiff, the Town of Greece, from a judgment of the County Court of Monroe county in favor of the defendant, entered in the office of the clerk of said county on the 28th day of March, 1907, pursuant to an order of said County Court entered on the 28th day of March, 1907, reversing a judgment in favor of the plaintiff theretofore rendered by a justice of the peace of the town of Greece in said county, and also from the said order upon which the judgment appealed from was entered. This action was commenced in Justice’s Court of the town of Greece, Monroe county, in the name of…
1Opinion of the Court
Spring, J.:
By section 51 of the Highway Law,* §as amended by chapter 386 of the Laws of 1895 and chapter 25 of the Laws of 1900,† the electors of a town may change the system of taxation for working the highways from the labor plan, long in vogue, to the money system. When this has been accomplished, the method of raising the tax is prescribed in section 53 of this law, and the assessors are required to place on the assessment roll the names of all persons liable to poll tax, and “ the board of supervisors are directed to levy a tax of one dollar on each person liable to poll tax as thus…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Baldwin v. McArthurNew York Supreme Court · 1854
- Conley v. ClayNew York Supreme Court · 1895
- People v. BraestedAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1898
- Thompson v. SmithNew York Supreme Court · 1846
3Cited by1 opinion
- People v. WhitridgeAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1911