Case Name: Garfield Real Estate Company, Inc., Respondent, v. David C. Colbert, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1918-11
Citations: 186 A.D. 935
Docket Number: 
Parties: Garfield Real Estate Company, Inc., Respondent, v. David C. Colbert, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 186
Pages: 935–935

Head Matter:
Garfield Real Estate Company, Inc., Respondent, v. David C. Colbert, Appellant.

Opinion:
Judgment reversed, with costs, and complaint dismissed, with costs. Held, that inasmuch as plaintiff's assignor might have procured a severance of this assessment at a time antedating the payment, the payment of the entire tax was not essential to the protection of the property of plaintiff's assignor and, hence, that payment was voluntary and not compulsory. All concurred.
See Laws of 1907, chap. 755, § 199.— [Rep.