In re the East Avenue Baptist Church — 32 N.Y. St. Rep. 1050

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p. 1050

In the Matter of the application of The East Avenue Baptist Church.

(Supreme Court, General Term, Second Department

Filed July 18, 1890.)

Headnote

Taxes — Irregularities cured by legislature.

Irregularities in the imposition of taxes and water rents in Long Island City were cured by chap. 656, Laws of 1886.

Appeal by the treasurer of Long Island City from order-directing the cancellation of certain water rents charged against petitioner’s lands for the years 1875 to 1887.

W. J. Foster, for app’lt; J. Ralph Burnett, .for resp’t

The facts in this case are identical with the facts presented in Matter of Lamb, 51 Hun, 633 ; 22 N. Y. State Rep., 650. Under that case and the case of the People ex rel. Flower v. Bleckwenn, 7 N. Y. Supp., 914 ; 27 N. Y. State Rep., 593, the order on this appeal should be reversed, with costs, and disbursements, and the application denied, with costs.

Pratt, J., concurs.