Legal Opinion

Tax Lien Co. v. Schultze

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided April 3, 1914PublishedCited by 1 opinion

Appeal by the plaintiff, The Tax Lien Company of New York, 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 1st day of December, 1913, granting a motion by a purchaser to be relieved of his bid on a sale in foreclosure.

1Opinion of the Court

Hotchkiss, J.:

The action was to foreclose a tax lien. The respondent was the purchaser at the sale. Having refused to take title, he made a motion to be relieved of his bid and plaintiff moved for an order directing him to complete. The respondent’s motion to be relieved was granted, and plaintiff’s cross motion was denied.

The premises in question consist of what would be the northerly half of the bed of East One Hundred and Thirty- second street were the same widened and extended between Willis avenue and Brown place. The title was rejected on the ground that the premises were affected by…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Jackson v. SmithAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1912
  2. Goodwin v. CrooksAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1901

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Town of Harrison v. CampagnaNew York Supreme Court · 1948

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