Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York March 15, 1903 (Ryan v. City of New York)

Giegerich, J.

The action was commenced "by the service of a summons to recover the unearned portion accruing after January 1,1898, of an auctioneer’s license fee of $250 paid by the plaintiff-respondent to the mayor of the city of New York. The complaint alleged that on the 15th day of September, 1897, upon the application of the plaintiff, William L.