Lindlots Realty Corp. v. County of Suffolk

In addition to the facts heretofore set forth, it appears that the county acquired title to these lots between 1915 and 1922 and did not resell them to the plaintiff until 1926. Thus, from four to eleven years elapsed between the time that the county purchased these lots at the tax sales and the sale to the plaintiff. In 1932, plaintiff made a conveyance of part of these properties to Brogreen Corporation. The latter sought registration under the Torrens Act. (See Real Property Law, art. 12, Cons. Laws, ch. 50.) In that proceeding in 1933, the defendant county interposed a verified answer,…