People ex rel. Lorillard v. Supervisors
New York Supreme Court
These causes came before the court on demurrer to the returns made by the defendants to the writs of alternative mandamus, issued against them, upon the application of the relators, respectively.
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These causes came before the court on demurrer to the returns made by the defendants to the writs of alternative mandamus, issued against them, upon the application of the relators, respectively. The mandamus issued in the case of Peter Loril-Sard alleged that the relator had been unjustly assessed the sum of $769,41 for his personal property, and the sum of $1020,80 for property held by him' as trustee or executor, amounting in the aggregate to $1790,21. And the writ commanded the defendants to cause the assessment against the relator to-be corrected; and ■if the same should not be…
1Opinion of the CourtS. B. Strong, J.
The relators set forth in their respective1 writs of alternative mandamus that they have severally been1 unjustly assessed in specified amounts, Both individually and as trustees or executors, and that the defendants have refused to correct the assessments ; and the writs require the defendants to correct the assessments, or,.if the same shall not he corrected, to- cause the' amounts erroneously assessed to Be levied and cob*613lected from the town and county of Westchester) orto show cause why they cannot or will not “ do the same.” The defendants have in their' answers stated why they could not…
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