People ex rel. Medical Society v. Neff
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendants, Barzillai G-. Heff and others, constituting the board of assessors of the city of Brooklyn, from an 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 15th. day of March, 1898, granting the relator’s motion for a peremptory writ of mandamus commanding the defendants to cancel all taxes levied and imposed for the years 1893, 1894, 1895, 1896 and 1897, upon property…
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Appeal by the defendants, Barzillai G-. Heff and others, constituting the board of assessors of the city of Brooklyn, from an 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 15th. day of March, 1898, granting the relator’s motion for a peremptory writ of mandamus commanding the defendants to cancel all taxes levied and imposed for the years 1893, 1894, 1895, 1896 and 1897, upon property owned by the relator.
1Opinion of the Court
Woodward, J.:
The relator, the Medical Society of the County of Kings, seeks to be relieved of the duty of. paying taxes upon certain property situated at 356 Bridge street, borough of Brooklyn, under the provisions of chapter 498 of the-Laws of 1893. For this purpose it petitioned the Supreme Court in this department, praying for a peremptory writ of mandamus to the assessors of the city of Brooklyn, directing them to cancel the taxes levied against the relator in the years 1893, 1894, 1895, 1896 and 1897. This writ was granted,, and from the order granting the same appeal comes to this court.
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