Citation Codes Equivalent Citations citation codes Attorney(S) Frederic R. Coudert Charles A. Conlon for John J. Delany, Corporation Counsel ( George S. Coleman Curtis A. Peters of counsel), for See more information ... Smart Summary Please sign up to generate summary. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK ex rel. GEORGE DURAND-RUEL, Appellant, v. JAMES L. WELLS et al., as Commissioners of Taxes and Assessments of the City of New York, Respondents. Order affirmed, with costs; no opinion. Concur: CULLEN, Ch. J., GRAY, O'BRIEN, BARTLETT, HAIGHT, VANN and WERNER, JJ.