Case Name: In the Matter of the Petition of JOHN D. VOORHIS to Vacate an Assessment
Court: New York Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1874-12
Citations: 10 N.Y. Sup. Ct. 212
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of the Petition of JOHN D. VOORHIS to Vacate an Assessment.
Judges: 
Reporter: Supreme Court Reports (Hun)
Volume: 10
Pages: 212–213

Head Matter:
In the Matter of the Petition of JOHN D. VOORHIS to Vacate an Assessment.
Assessment in City of New York — when sel aside —fraud — how must he shown.
Upon the application of the petitioner, an order was made at the Special Term vacating an assessment in the city of New York, on the ground that two lots liable to assessment had been excluded therefrom, and that such exclusion constituted “a fraud in law.” On appeal from this order held (1), that fraud in fact must he shown before an assessment could he set aside on that ground; ' (2), that in the present case there was no direct proof of fraud, nor did the facts proved justify any such legal inference.
Appeal from an order made at the Special Term vacating an assessment for paving Fifty-eighth street from Sixth to Ninth avenues.
William Barnes, for the appellant.
John S. Lawrence, for the respondent.
Riches case, 12 Abb., 118.

Opinion:
Opinion by Barrett, J.
Davis, P. J., and Daniels, J., concurred.
Order reversed with ten dollars costs and disbursements, and motion to vacate assessment denied, with ten dollars costs.