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· 11/15/1880

Graveline v. Kelly

Citations

  • 30 N.Y. Sup. Ct. 149

How courts have described this case

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  • Commonwealth cannot be estopped from collecting taxes that erroneously were not collected in the past
  • “It is a fundamental legal principle that a State or other sovereignty cannot be es-topped by any acts or conduct of its officers or agents in the performance of a governmental as distinguished from a proprietary function.”

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Judges: Bockes

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