Milmore v. Zimmerman

The opinion of the court was delivered by

White, J.

This is an appeal from a decree of the court of chancery, dismissing appellants’ bill to redeem a vacant lot in the city of Newark, sold and deeded in fee under the “Martin act” for unpaid taxes. In 1899 appellants became the owners of the vacant lot in question, which, on May 8th, 1910, was sold under the “Martin act” (Comp. Stat. p. 5205) for unpaid taxes to one Charles Bierman, who, on November 30th, 1910, served “Martin act” notices to redeem on appellants, who did not redeem, and on June 29th, 1911, Bierman received from the comptroller…