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The People of the State of New York ex rel. Northern Assurance Company of London, England, Respondent, v. Frank A. O'Donnel et al., as Commissioners of Taxes and Assessments of the City of New York, Appellants, 1906 — 185 N.Y. 606 · caselaw · US
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The People of the State of New York ex rel. Northern Assurance Company of London, England, Respondent, v. Frank A. O'Donnel et al., as Commissioners of Taxes and Assessments of the City of New York, Appellants
185 N.Y. 606·New York Court of Appeals·1906·NY
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Opinion
The People of the State of New York ex rel. Northern Assurance Company of London, England, Respondent, v. Frank A. O’Donnel et al., as Commissioners of Taxes and Assessments of the City of New York, Appellants.
People ex rel. Northern Assur. Co. v. O’Donnel, 113 App. Div. 899, affirmed.
(Argued June 5, 1906;
decided June 19, 1906.)
Appeal from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, entered March 9, 1906, which affirmed an order of Special Term canceling assessments for taxation of capital employed in business in this state by the relator for the year 1905.
John J. Delany, Corporation Counsel (Curtis A. Peters of counsel), for appellants.
David Rumsey for respondent.
John R. Halsey and John 0. Heald for relators in similar cases pending.
[MAJORITY]
Order affirmed with costs; no opinion.
Concur: Cullen, Ch. J., Gray, O’Brien, Edward T. Bartlett, Werner and Hiscock, JJ. Absent: Chase, J.