State v. Inhabitants of Piscataway

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Dixon, J.

This writ of certiorari was sued out by the purchaser at a tax sale, and his grantee, for the purpose of having that sale set aside. The sale was made in October, 1873, and the. writ of certiorari was issued in June, 1880. The suit, of course, is not prosecuted in aid of any action of ejectment, the effect of successful prosecution being to remove every shadow of claim which the prosecutors could make to the land sold. Under these circumstances, it is the settled practice of this court not to regard objections presented after so long delay.…