People ex rel. Yaras v. Kinnaw

The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed, with costs. There is no reasonable basis for excluding from evidence equalization rates as officially fixed by the State Tax Commission and the County Board of Supervisors when, as here, the correctness of such rates is supported by opinion testimony. The courts have consistently recognized the admissibility of such proof (People ex rel. Syracuse Trust Co. v. Matt, 258 App. Div. 853, mod. 283 N. Y. 241; People ex rel. Bingham Operating Corp. v. Eyrich, 186 Misc. 434, affd. 270 App. Div. 1063; People ex rel. Bennett Hotel Co. v. Cucci,…