Case Name: The People of the State of New York ex rel. Occidental Lodge, No. 766, Free and Accepted Masons et al., Respondents, v. William J. Burke et al., as Assessors of the City of Buffalo, Appellants
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1920-03-09
Citations: 228 N.Y. 563
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York ex rel. Occidental Lodge, No. 766, Free and Accepted Masons et al., Respondents, v. William J. Burke et al., as Assessors of the City of Buffalo, Appellants.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 228
Pages: 563–563

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York ex rel. Occidental Lodge, No. 766, Free and Accepted Masons et al., Respondents, v. William J. Burke et al., as Assessors of the City of Buffalo, Appellants.
People ex rel. Occidental Lodge, No. 766, F. & A. M. v. Burke, 190 App. Div. 930, reversed.
(Argued February 24, 1920;
decided March 9, 1920.)
Appeal, by permission, from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the fourth judicial department, entered December 30, 1919, which affirmed an order of Special Term adjudging that, under subdivision 7 of section 4 of the Tax Law, the relator’s real property was exempt from taxation and setting aside an assessment thereon for purposes of taxation for the year 1918.
William S. Bann, Corporation Counsel (George J. Feldman of counsel), for appellants.
H. H. Bacon for respondents.

Opinion:
Order reversed and writs dismissed, with costs in all courts, on authority of People ex rel. Mizpah Lodge v. Burke (228 N. Y. 245).
Concur: Hiscock, Ch. J., Collin, Hogan, Pound, McLaughlin, Andrews and Elkus, JJ.