Legal Opinion

Chase v. Mayor of New York

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided December 15, 1897Published

Appeal by the defendant, The Mayor,, Aldermen and Commonalty of the City of Hew York, from an interlocutory judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office' of the clerk of the county of Hew York on the 4th day of August, 1897, upon the decision of the court rendered after a trial at the Hew York Special Term overruling the defendant’s demurrer to the complaint.

1Opinion of the Court

Rumsey, J.:

It appears by the complaint that on the 20th of July, 1885, the plaintiff was the owner of certain premises in the twelfth ward of the city of Hew York,-which were subject to the lien of the assessment spoken of hereafter. On that day the board of revision and correction of assessment lists confirmed the assessment which had been made before that by the board of assessors of the city of Hew York for improvements on First avenue, between Hinety-second and One Hundred and Hinth streets, and the assessment Was so entered on that day that it became a lien and incumbrance on the…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Embury v. . ConnerNew York Court of Appeals · 1850
  2. Mills v. . ParkhurstNew York Court of Appeals · 1891
  3. Poth v. Mayor, Aldermen & Commonalty of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1896
  4. In the Matter of the Application of LangeNew York Court of Appeals · 1881
  5. Matter of FeustNew York Court of Appeals · 1890

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