Becker v. Mayor & Council of Little Ferry

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Bodine, J.

The facts in this case sufficiently appear in the report of the case in 125 N. J. L. 141. Counsel for the appellant in faithful compliance with the provision of our rule 40 states: “The issue raised below was whether or not taxes assessed by the Borough against buildings erected and owned on the taxing date by a lessee for years, created a lien within the provisions of our Tax Act, against the lands of the lessor so as to justify a sale of the lessor’s fee in the lands after such taxes had become delinquent.”

The argument is, that since the…