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The People of the State of New York ex rel. Washington Mills Company, Respondent, v. James A. Roberts, as Comptroller of the State of New York, Appellant, 1896 — 151 N.Y. 619 · caselaw · US
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The People of the State of New York ex rel. Washington Mills Company, Respondent, v. James A. Roberts, as Comptroller of the State of New York, Appellant
151 N.Y. 619·New York Court of Appeals·1896·NY
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Opinion
The People of the State of New York ex rel. Washington Mills Company, Respondent, v. James A. Roberts, as Comptroller of the State of New York, Appellant.
People ex rel Wash. Mills Co. v. Roberts, 8 App. Div. 201, affirmed.
(Argued October 19, 1896 ;
decided December 1, 1896.)
Appeal from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the third judicial department, entered July 7, 1896, which reversed on certiorari a determination of the state comptroller assessing the relator as a foreign corporation doing business in the state of New York.
G. D. B. Hasbrouck for appellant.
George W. Wickersham and Henry S. Wardner for respondent.
[MAJORITY]
Order affirmed, with costs, on opinion below.
All concur.