PEOPLE EX REL. BROWN v. PURDY, 226 N.Y. 635 (1919)

123 N.E. 883

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK ex rel. J. ROMAINE BROWN, Respondent, v. LAWSON PURDY et al., as Commissioners of Taxes and Assessments of the City of New York, Appellants.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.Argued April 9, 1919
Decided April 29, 1919

William P. Burr, Corporation Counsel (William H. King an Isaac Phillips of counsel), for appellants.

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Harold Swain for respondent.

Order affirmed, with costs, on opinion of SHEARN, J., below.

Concur: HISCOCK, Ch. J., CHASE, HOGAN, CARDOZO, POUND, McLAUGHLIN and ANDREWS, JJ.