Preparatory Temple & House of Prayer for All People, Inc. v. Seery

Wick, J. S. C.

This proceeding is an action for declaratory judgment wherein plaintiff landowner seeks to set aside an in rem tax foreclosure of his property by a township, claiming that the foreclosure was irregular and defective. The complaint was originally filed in the Law Division on March 23, 1961.' It was not until August 27, 1962 that the cause was transferred to the Chancery Division.

*431The facts are not in dispute. Virginia Davis, a widow, conveyed to plaintiff by deed dated August 21, 1956, recorded in the office of the Clerk of Atlantic County in Book 1819 of Deeds, page 125, the…