Citation Codes Equivalent Citations citation codes Attorney(S) William P. Burr, Corporation Counsel ( William H. King Eugene Fay of counsel), for Louis Dean Speir for John J. O'Connor James M. Vincent for Jacob Ruppert, amicus curiæ. See more information ... Smart Summary Please sign up to generate summary. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK ex rel. GENERAL CHEMICAL COMPANY, Respondent, v. JACOB A. CANTOR et al., as Commissioners of Taxes, etc., of the City of New York, Appellants. Order affirmed, with costs; no opinion. Concur: HISCOCK, Ch. J., CHASE, COLLIN, CARDOZO, POUND, CRANE and ANDREWS, JJ.