People Ex Rel. German-American Bank v. Purdy
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, entered January 3, 1913, which reversed an order of Special Term sustaining a writ of certiorari to review proceedings of the board of taxes and assessments of the city of 'New York in assessing stock of the relator for the years 1901 to 1907 for purposes of taxation.
1Per curiam
The relator sued out a writ of certiorari to review the assessments of the shares of stock of the relator for the years 1901 to 1907 inclusive on the claim that such assessments were void for the failure by the board of assessors to give notice of the assessments and of a time and place for hearing the objections thereto. The writ was not applied for till November, 1910. The Appellate Division, reversing the Special Term, dismissed the writ for laches. We think the action was eminently proper. The relator acquiesced in the method of assessment and paid the taxes based thereon without…
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