Stewart v. Twp. of Delanco

The plaintiff appeals from a judgment of dismissal entered in favor of the defendant at the close of plaintiff's case.

The suit was brought for the recovery of payments made by plaintiff on account of the purchase of a tax sale certificate held by the defendant municipality, which it thereafter in violation of its alleged agreement with the plaintiff resold to a third person at a public sale.

The complaint alleges that the plaintiff negotiated with one Joseph C. Phile, the clerk and tax collector of the defendant municipality, for the purchase of a tax sale certificate; that the purchase price…