People ex rel. Glen Telephone Co. v. Hall
New York Supreme Court
Peoceedings by certiorari to review the actions of the boards of assessors of the towns of Minden and Canajoharie, Montgomery county, N. Y., respectively, and to have items of assessment on the assessment rolls of said towns made against the relator for real estate in addition to -the franchise assessment stricken from said rolls.
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Peoceedings by certiorari to review the actions of the boards of assessors of the towns of Minden and Canajoharie, Montgomery county, N. Y., respectively, and to have items of assessment on the assessment rolls of said towns made against the relator for real estate in addition to -the franchise assessment stricken from said rolls. The return showed that the relator had appeared before the assessors in said towns on the grievance days and had filed with them verified complaints and petitions relating to said assessments, stating among- other things that the relator did not own any real…
1Opinion of the CourtKellogg, J.
Evidence was submitted to the assessors on the part of the relator that it possessed no real property in the tax district except its poles, lines, equipment, etc., in the public highway. The fact so proven is now denied by the return; but, in the proceedings before the assessors, there *310was no denial thereof raised by the proof. It was conclusively proven, without contradiction before the assessors, that the relator had no such poles and wires and no real estate assessable as such by that board. The assessment, therefore, was arbitrary, capricious and wholly without justification. People v.…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- People Ex Rel. Edison Electric Illuminating Co. v. BarkerNew York Court of Appeals · 1893
- People ex rel. New York Edison Co. v. FeitnerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1904
- People ex rel. Consolidated Gas Co. v. FeitnerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1903
- People ex rel. F. P. Bhumgara Co. v. WellsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1904
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- In re New York Telephone Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1939
- Crystal v. City of Syracuse, Department of AssessmentAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1975