Farranto v. Haase

This is an action for declaratory judgment to determine plaintiff’s rights with respect to a certain one-acre parcel of realty located in Holbrook, Township of Brookhaven, County of Suffolk.

The property was conveyed to plaintiff by a tax deed issued by the County Treasurer on January 9, 1957 in consideration of payment in the sum of $23.73, representing past-due taxes on the premises for the year 1952/1953.

Plaintiff held the deed for some six years, and during that time apparently neither tried nor was able to determine its location. In 1963, however, believing the property did not exist, he…