People ex rel. Myers v. Moynahan
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the relator, Theodore W. Myers, from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the New York Special Term and entered in the office of' the clerk of the county of New York on the 27th day of April, 1908, denying the relator’s motion for a peremptory writ of mandamus.
1Opinion of the Court
McLaughlin, J.:
The relator was the owner of a certain lot of land in the city of New York, upon which the taxes for the years 1893 to 1898, inclusive, and 1900, and the water rents for the years 1897 to 1899, inclusive, were not paid. The city in 1905, assuming to act under the provisions of section 1027' of the Greater New York charter (Laws of 1897, chap. 378, as amd. by Laws of 1901, chap. 466) caused the property to be advertised for sale by reason of the unpaid taxes thereon, and the same was subsequently sold and a certifícate of sale issued to the city, and thereafter assigned by it to…
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