Montefiore Home v. Prendergast
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the Montefiore Home, etc., from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the New York Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 15th day of August, 1913, denying a motion for the issuance of a writ of mandamus to compel the cancellation and discharge of a municipal assessment upon real property.
1Opinion of the Court
Clarke, J.:
The petitioner is a domestic corporation organized under the laws of the State of New York, April 21, 1884, under an act *645entitled “An Act for the incorporation of benevolent, charitable, scientific and missionary societies,” passed April 12, 1848, and the acts amendatory thereof and supplemental thereto. (Laws of 1848, chap. 319, as amd.) The purposes of petitioner’s incorporation are to afford permanent shelter in sickness, and to relieve invalids, who, by reason of the incurable character of the diseases from which they may be suffering, are unable to procure permanent medical…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Townsend v. LittleSupreme Court of the United States · 1883
- Crane v. ReederMichigan Supreme Court · 1871
- In Re the Appraisal, Under the Transfer Tax Act, of the Estate of HuntingtonNew York Court of Appeals · 1901
- Isham v. Bennington Iron Co.Supreme Court of Vermont · 1847
- Matter of Murray Hill BankNew York Court of Appeals · 1897
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- In re Donner-Hanna Coke Corp.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1925
- In re Brooklyn Children's Aid SocietyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1915
- In re the Estate of MorrisonNew York Surrogate's Court · 1927
- City of Poughkeepsie v. Town of PoughkeepsieNew York Supreme Court · 1967
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