Hinchliffe v. Loughlin

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Heher, J.

By certiorari sued out on April 23d, 1940, prosecutor challenges the validity of the sale of his lands for delinquent taxes by the municipal tax collector at a public auction held on June 5th, 1937, under R. S. 1937, 54:5-100, 54:5-101. The purchaser was the defendant Loughlin.

The lands were designated as Lots 23, 24, 25 and part of Lot 26, Block 104, on the municipal tax duplicate. The cer tificate attests a public sale of the lands as so described, but the published notice of the sale inadvertently omitted all mention of Lot 26; and it is…