Reports of Cases Decided in the Court of Appeals of the State of New York, Volume 150New York (State). Court of Appeals, George Franklin Comstock, Henry Rogers Selden, Francis Kernan, Hiram Edward Sickels Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, 1859 |
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... owner's foreign domicile . They did not represent " property within the state " in any conceivable sense . What property they represented consisted in the debt of their maker and that species of property , unquestionably , must be ...
... owner's foreign domicile . They did not represent " property within the state " in any conceivable sense . What property they represented consisted in the debt of their maker and that species of property , unquestionably , must be ...
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... owner . We thought not and that it would be highly improper to impute to the legislature an intention to tax that over which there was no jurisdiction . act . Opinion of the Court , per GRAY , J. [ 1896. ] 7 MATTER OF BRONSON .
... owner . We thought not and that it would be highly improper to impute to the legislature an intention to tax that over which there was no jurisdiction . act . Opinion of the Court , per GRAY , J. [ 1896. ] 7 MATTER OF BRONSON .
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... owner ; but the property is in his right to share in the net produce , and , eventually , in the net residuum of the corporate assets , resulting from liquidation . That right as a chose in action must necessarily follow the ...
... owner ; but the property is in his right to share in the net produce , and , eventually , in the net residuum of the corporate assets , resulting from liquidation . That right as a chose in action must necessarily follow the ...
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... owner . Real estate , owing to its fixed location , presents a problem of slight diffi- culty to the legislator in his effort to provide means for the support of government , for it cannot escape the view of either the assessor or ...
... owner . Real estate , owing to its fixed location , presents a problem of slight diffi- culty to the legislator in his effort to provide means for the support of government , for it cannot escape the view of either the assessor or ...
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... owner . ( In re Merriam , 141 N. Y. 479 ; In re Swift , 137 N. Y. 77. ) The position of the Supreme Court of the United States upon the subject appears from the following authorities : Mager v . Grima ( 8 How . [ U. S. ] 490 ) ; Green v ...
... owner . ( In re Merriam , 141 N. Y. 479 ; In re Swift , 137 N. Y. 77. ) The position of the Supreme Court of the United States upon the subject appears from the following authorities : Mager v . Grima ( 8 How . [ U. S. ] 490 ) ; Green v ...
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Page 13 - When the transfer is by will or intestate law, of property within the state, and the decedent was a nonresident of the state at the time of his death.
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