Township of Woodbridge v. Pavel

There are occasionally tight legal knots that a court of equity is called upon to untangle in the endeavor to accomplish justice in its application to all of the interests implicated in an unusual case. This is one.

The story is that the plaintiff, Township of Woodbridge, by virtue of a final decree entered on August 5, 1942, in a tax lien foreclosure suit, acquired title to premises known as Lots Nos. 150 and 151 in Block 718-A. Throughout the progress of the foreclosure proceeding the record title to the premises appeared to be vested in John Pavel and wife by a deed from Alex Balogh and…