Papers concerning a legal dispute between North Eastern Railway [NER] and the York Poor Law Union regarding valuation and rating of NER railway property for the purposes of the poor rate.
This material has not been listed to item level but the following summary box list provides an indication of content:
Box 1 [c 1899-1901]
Printed copies of arbitration between North Eastern Railway and York Poor Law Union
Box 2 [c 1898-1902]
Includes: extracts of rate books, surveyors' reports and proofs, notice of appeal to the York Assessment Committee, sketch of NER lines, documents concerning related cases.
Box 3 [c 1899-1900]
Includes: notices of objections to valuation lists, notices of Assessment Committee meetings, correspondence, agreements, contracts, notices of appeal against the poor rate.
Box 4 [c 1899-1903]
Includes: correspondence, rating estimates and valuations, documents concerning related cases
Box 5 [c 1900-1903]
Includes: correspondence and related papers regarding contracts with York Union.
Box 6 [c 1900-1901]
Includes: rating assessments, statements, rating valuations and estimates, proofs of reports from engineers, building particulars and valuations, correspondence.
Box 7[c 1899-1902]
Includes: correspondence regarding inspections by expert witnesses, proofs of reports from experts, building valuation, papers for related cases, estimates and valuations.
Box 8 [c 1901-1902]
Includes: rating appeals, instructions to counsel, papers relating to plaintiff accounts and claims, briefs to counsel, correspondence, proofs of reports from experts
Box 9 [c 1898-1902]
Includes: brief to counsel and respondents, correspondence, proofs of reports from experts, documents for related cases
Box 10 [c 1900-1903]
Includes: Notice of objections to valuation list, appeals against the poor rate, correspondence, proofs of reports from experts.
Box 11 [c 1899-1901]
Includes: correspondence, rating appeals, legal opinions and other papers.
Box 12 [c 1898-1902]
Includes: rating appeals, briefs for respondents, valuation and building particulars.
Box 13 [c 1900-1901]
Includes: NER timetables for 1901, briefs for respondents and counsel, valuations, documents for related case.
Box 14 [c 1898-1903]
Includes: correspondence, extracts from rate books, valuations
Box 15 [c 1898-1900]
Includes: passenger train alterations 1900-1901, briefs to counsel, correspondence, proofs of reports from experts, instructions to counsel.
Box 16 [c 1900-1903]
Includes: brief for defendants, analysis of plaintiff's accounts, assessments and valuations, correspondence.
Box 17 [c 1898-1902]
Includes: list of legal fees, correspondence, rating appeals, documents for related cases.
Box 18 [c 1899-1901]
Includes: correspondence, notices of appeal against the poor rate, valuations, documents for related cases.
Box 19 [c 1898-1900]
Includes: proofs of reports from experts, valuation lists, correspondence, notices of appeal against the poor rate, briefs for respondents.
Box 20 [c 1898-1900]
Includes: correspondence, notices of appeal against the poor rate, valuation lists, proofs of reports from experts.
Box 21 [c 1897-1902]
Includes: extracts from rate books, correspondence, briefs for respondents, accounts of plaintiff.
Box 22 [c 1898-1902]
Includes: correspondence, extracts from rate books, briefs to counsel, notices of appeal against the poor rate, valuations.
Box 23 [c 1900-1902]
Correspondence only
Box 24 [c 1898-1900]
Includes: proofs of reports from experts, valuations, statements, correspondence, documents for related case.
Box 25 [c 1898-1903]
Correspondence only
Box 26 [c 1900-1902]
Includes: proofs of reports from experts, bills of costs.
Box 27 [c 1899-1902]
Includes: instructions to counsel, reports, correspondence, documents for related case.
Box 28 [c 1900-1901]
Includes: briefs to counsel and respondents, correspondence.
