Legal Opinion
Dunkum v. MacEck Building Corp.
New York Court of Appeals
Decided May 12, 1931PublishedCited by 60 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHubbs, J.
This is an action, brought under article 15 of the Real Property Law (Cons. Laws, ch. 50), to compel the determination of a claim to real property. The land at all times in question was vacant and unoccupied.
The plaintiff-respondent traces her title through an unbroken chain back to 1854. The defendant-appellant’s title is based on a deed from the State Comptroller, dated in 1869, which recites that the property was purchased by the State upon a tax sale, held in 1866, for unpaid taxes for the years 1856 and 1857.
It is contended by the respondent that one of her mesne grantors legally…
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