Lester v. Bickford

— Appeal from an order of the County Court of Ulster County (Vogt, J.), entered February 20, 1981, which granted petitioner’s motion and ordered the return to petitioner of $887.62 paid to the Ulster County Treasurer in September of 1968 and subsequently turned over to the State Comptroller as abandoned property pursuant to sections 600 and 602 of the Abandoned Property Law. On September 23, 1968, petitioner, the then owner of certain real property in Ulster County, petitioned for and obtained an order to show cause from the Ulster County Court, pursuant to RPAPL 1921 (subd 3), seeking…