Opinion
Submitted December 2, 1940
Decided December 31, 1940
Appeal from the Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Third Department.
M.E. Harby for appellant.
John J. Bennett, Jr., Attorney-General ( Joseph M. Mesnig of counsel), for respondents.
Upon the evidence presented here, the conclusion that the payment to this appellant is taxable has no substantial basis. That is a question which the Appellate Division was required to pass upon.
The order of the Appellate Division should be reversed and the determination of the State Tax Commission annulled, with costs to appellant in this court and in the Appellate Division.
LEHMAN, Ch. J., LOUGHRAN, FINCH, RIPPEY, LEWIS and CONWAY, JJ., concur; SEARS, J., dissents.
Ordered accordingly.