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The People of the State of New York ex rel. Danford N. Barney, Appellant, v. Edward P. Barker et al., as Commissioners of Taxes and Assessments of the City of New York, Respondents, 1897 — 154 N.Y. 762 · caselaw · US
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The People of the State of New York ex rel. Danford N. Barney, Appellant, v. Edward P. Barker et al., as Commissioners of Taxes and Assessments of the City of New York, Respondents
154 N.Y. 762·New York Court of Appeals·1897·NY
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Opinion
The People of the State of New York ex rel. Danford N. Barney, Appellant, v. Edward P. Barker et al., as Commissioners of Taxes and Assessments of the City of New York, Respondents.
People ex rel. Barney v. Barker, 16 App. Div. 266, affirmed.
(Argued November 22, 1897;
decided December 7, 1897.)
Appeal from a judgment and order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, entered respectively April 23 and 17, 1897, which affirmed an order of Special Term dismissing a writ of certiorari to review an assessment against the relator upon personal property for the year 1896.
H. M. Whitehead for appellant.
Francis M. Scott and James M. Ward for respondents.
[MAJORITY]
Judgment and order affirmed, with costs, on opinion below.
All concur.