Dinn v. Board of Education

The plaintiff seeks to compel the defendant school district to pay an assessment levied against its property for the construction of a sewer. The school district contains more territory, than that covered by the sewer district. The school property is served by the sewer and in that respect its property is benefited to the extent of the assessment levied. The school district contends that it is exempt from taxation of every kind, including assessments for local improvements, by virtue of the following provision of section 153 of the Education Law: “ The grounds, buildings, furniture, books,…