Tysen v. City of New York

Kappeb, J.:

This action was brought to obtain the cancellation of public records of certain tax entries, which the judgment appealed from directed. The tax records in question were the entries for the years 1860, 1868, 1869 and 1872, made by the tax officials of the former town of Middletown, in the county of Richmond, and the theory of the action is that such tax entries constitute a cloud upon the title of the plaintiffs to certain real estate in said town to the ownership of which they have succeeded by various mesne conveyances.

The facts are undisputed. Briefly stated, the entries (with…