Case Name: The People of the State of New York ex rel. Frank Fox and Smithtown Estates, Inc., Respondents, v. Joseph McDonald and Others, as Assessors of the Town of Smithtown, Suffolk County, New York, Appellants
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1939-12-26
Citations: 258 A.D. 926
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York ex rel. Frank Fox and Smithtown Estates, Inc., Respondents, v. Joseph McDonald and Others, as Assessors of the Town of Smithtown, Suffolk County, New York, Appellants.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 258
Pages: 926–926

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York ex rel. Frank Fox and Smithtown Estates, Inc., Respondents, v. Joseph McDonald and Others, as Assessors of the Town of Smithtown, Suffolk County, New York, Appellants.

Opinion:
Order denying a motion by the appellants to dismiss the petition and quash a writ of certiorari, by which it is sought to review certain assessments of the real estate of the respondents, reversed on the law and the facts, without costs, and the matter remitted to the Special Term to take testimony and determine as a question of fact whether or not the respondents' objections were filed as required by law. While upon a motion to quásh a writ of certiorari all the allegations of the petition are deemed to be admitted, we feel that the preliminary determination of the question raised by the affidavits herein may make unnecessary a protracted and expensive litigation. Lazansky, P. J., Hagarty, Carswell, Taylor and Close, JJ., concur.