Per Curiam.
An overpayment of taxes based on a special assessment may not be recovered under subdivision 3 of section 556 of the Real Property Tax Law (Real Property Tax Law, § 102, subds. 15, 20; 55 N. Y. Jur., Special Assessments, § 3). In our opinion, petitioners should have sought recovery in a common-law action based on the theory of money had and received (2 Carmody-Wait 2d, New York Practice, Limitation of Actions, §§ 13:84, 13:157...
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