PEOPLE EX REL. WATCHTOWER SOC. v. HARING


8 N.Y.2d 350 (1960)

The People of the State of New York ex rel. Watchtower Bible and Tract Society, Inc., Appellant, v. Percy H. Haring et al., Constituting the Board of Assessors of Taxes of the Town of Lansing, Respondents. (And Two Other Proceedings.)

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided November 17, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hayden C. Covington for appellant.

Charles H. Newman for respondents.

Judges DYE, FULD, FROESSEL and BURKE concur with Chief Judge DESMOND; Judges VAN VOORHIS and FOSTER dissent and vote to affirm.


Chief Judge DESMOND.

These consolidated proceedings were brought to review the denial by the Assessors of Taxes of the Town of Lansing, Tompkins County, of exemption from realty taxes for the years 1954, 1955 and 1956 of relator's 800-acre farm in the township. Relator claims the exemption under subdivision 6 of section 4 of the Tax Law (now Real Property Tax Law, § 420), the pertinent part of which makes...

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