People ex rel. Rochester, Syracuse & Eastern Railroad v. Moroney
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the fourth judicial department, entered December 9,1916, which affirmed an order of Special Term reducing an assessment for purposes of taxation levied against property of the relator in the town of Montezuma. The facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtChase, J.
The relator since a time prior to 1907 has owned and operated a double-track surface electric railroad between the city of Syracuse and the city of Rochester. Its road passes through the town of Montezuma, Cayuga county, a distance of 2.55 miles. In 1907 the relator’s road in said town was and since that time, except as hereinafter stated, has been maintained upon lands privately owned by it. In September, 1907, an accurate survey and map of six hundred and fifty feet in length of the relator’s lands in said town so occupied by its road, including the whole width thereof, was made by the…
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- People Ex Rel. Metropolitan Street Railway Co. v. State Board of Tax CommissionersNew York Court of Appeals · 1903
- People Ex Rel. N.Y.C.R.R. Co. v. . WoodburyNew York Court of Appeals · 1911
- People v. . FisherNew York Court of Appeals · 1908
- People Ex Rel. N.Y.C., Etc., R.R. Co. v. . WalshNew York Court of Appeals · 1914
- People ex rel. Erie Railway Co. v. BeardsleyNew York Supreme Court · 1868
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