Bennett v. . the City of Buffalo
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court. The action was in the nature of trespass, for taking and carrying away a quantity of bank notes, the property of the plaintiff, of the value of $4,824.65. The defendant justified the taking of the notes, by a collector of taxes of the city, for the nonpayment of an assessment for benefit against the real estate of the plaintiff, which, as the defendant contended, was a charge upon the plaintiff personally.
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Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court. The action was in the nature of trespass, for taking and carrying away a quantity of bank notes, the property of the plaintiff, of the value of $4,824.65. The defendant justified the taking of the notes, by a collector of taxes of the city, for the nonpayment of an assessment for benefit against the real estate of the plaintiff, which, as the defendant contended, was a charge upon the plaintiff personally. The assessment was for the expense of constructing a ship canal, and was made by virtue of the act consolidating and amending the prior acts…
1Opinion of the Court
Johnson, Oh. J.
The question of the liability of the corporation, if the warrant on which the plaintiff’s property was taken, was not authorized by law, we regard as settled in favor of the plaintiff by the adjudications in this court, (Conrad v. Ithaca, 16 N. Y., 158; Weet .v. Brockport, id., 161, in note; Howell v. Buffalo, 15 id., 512). In the last case cited, an error occurs in the report which should be corrected. Judge Comstock agreed' with the majority of the court on the original question, as to the responsibility of the corporation for the wrongful acts of its officers, and dissented…
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- Conrad v. . the Trustees of the Village of IthacaNew York Court of Appeals · 1857
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