City of Rochester v. Carnahan

In this action the plaintiff, City of Rochester, seeks to have a certain deed declared void and set aside and cancelled. The deed, dated August 2,1966 was executed by Isobel Powers, as Treasurer of the plaintiff, acting as statutory referee pursuant to a judgment of foreclosure and sale entered May 3, 1966 in Monroe County Clerk’s office in a statutory in rem tax foreclosure proceeding for the sale of two parcels of real estate; and defendant, as the highest bidder at the sale, was named grantee in said deed. Defendant paid the bid price of $2,000 for the deed. Plaintiff contends that the…