Case Name: The People of the State of New York ex rel. Rochester Telephone Company, Respondent, v. Egbert E. Woodbury et al., Constituting the State Board of Tax Commissioners, et al., Appellants
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1916-03-07
Citations: 217 N.Y. 670
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York ex rel. Rochester Telephone Company, Respondent, v. Egbert E. Woodbury et al., Constituting the State Board of Tax Commissioners, et al., Appellants.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 217
Pages: 670–670

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York ex rel. Rochester Telephone Company, Respondent, v. Egbert E. Woodbury et al., Constituting the State Board of Tax Commissioners, et al., Appellants.
People ex rel. Rochester Telephone Co. v. Woodbury, 165 App. Div. 951. affirmed.
(Argued February 26, 1916;
decided March 7, 1916.)
Appeal from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the fourth judicial department, entered November 25, 1914, which affirmed an order of Special Term reducing special franchise tax assessments levied against the relator for the years 1901, 1902, 1904, 1905 and 1910. The petition alleged that the special franchises were assessed at their full value while real property generally, in the city of Rochester, was assessed in each of those years at a percentage of its value, so that the assessments against the relator were excessive and unequal.
W. W. Webb, Corporation Counsel (John M. Stull of counsel), for appellants.
Fred C. Goodwin for respondent.

Opinion:
Order affirmed, with costs; no opinion.
Concur: Willard Bartlett, Ch. J., Chase, Collin, Cuddeback, Cardozo and Pound, JJ. Dissenting: Seabury, J.