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Tax
People of the State of New York ex rel. Daniel W. Powers, Respondent, v. Edwin A. Kalbfleisch et al., as Assessors of the City of Rochester, Appellants
156 N.Y. 678·New York Court of Appeals·1898·NY
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Opinion
People of the State of New York ex rel. Daniel W. Powers, Respondent, v. Edwin A. Kalbfleisch et al., as Assessors of the City of Rochester, Appellants.
People ex rel. Powers v. Kalbfleisch, 25 App. Div. 432, appeal dismissed.
(Argued June 7, 1898;
decided June 7, 1898.)
Appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the fourth judicial department, entered February 14, 1898, upon an order affirming a judgment of the Special Term entered upon an order directing, on certiorari, the reduction of an assessment against relator’s property for taxes.
John F. Kinney for appellants.
Roy C. Webster for respondent.
[MAJORITY]
Appeal dismissed on argument, with costs.