Owen v. City of Atlantic City

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Case, J.

On March 3d, 1931, a property, described as lands, was sold for arrears in taxes to the city of Atlantic City. On November 2oth, 1938, the city filed its bill in the Court of Chancery, pursuant to the provisions of the statute, B. S. 54:5-85, to foreclose the right of redemption under the twenty-five outstanding certificates of tax sale which related to the property, a tract of meadow land known as Owen Park. Marion R. Owen and others, defendants, filed their answer on March 18th, 1939, denying the validity of the assessments, the taxes and the…