In re Harper

This is an application to register a title to real property pursuant to the provisions of article 12 of the Real Property Law (Laws of 1909, chap. 52, as amd. by Laws of 1910, chap. 627; Laws of 1916, chap. 547, and Laws of 1918, chap. 572).

The provisions of this article, in brief, provide that any person who claims to own, or has a contract for the purchase of, land or some right in or over land, may file a petition asking to have such land or rights registered. At the same time with the filing of the petition there is filed a notice corresponding to a lis pendens. The matter is then…