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CONEY ISLAND JOCKEY CLUB LOSES SUIT. Albany, . Jf„ January ::t» in the case ol th Coney Island Jockey Club against the Commissioners ot Tase 4 Nea Yor* City, the Conn of Appeals has .itlirine.i. with costs, an order ol the Appellate Division to quash .1 wrll of certiorari to review an alleged wrong! ill assessment of land of the club in B klyn. The property comprised 432 acres. 40 of which are a swamp, and was assessed for ,707,400. Alleging this to be excessive ami greater than that oa othci property, the club contended thai the assessment should be on the v iiue of the land for agricultural purposes, and thai as such H was worth oalj 00,000. The same club also lost its esse in another action against the Commissioners of Taxes, the Court - f Appeals denying an application to anion, 1 a writ by dismissing; the case without coats This also was an action wheie property oa Sheepshead Bay. it jf»8 asserted, lu»4 beeu greatly overvalued.
