Irvington v. Ollemar

This litigation presents problems of the priority of several classes of taxes as well as other liens. A subsidiary question, which can be considered separately, concerns the alleged apportionment of municipal liens on a certain parcel of land in the town of Irvington.

Block 284 on the tax map is bounded by Berkeley Terrace, Twenty-third street, Springfield avenue and Grove street. All of it, except a few scattered lots on Grove street, was assessed as lot No. 1. Mrs. Elizabeth Ollemar, who owned this land as well as much other property in the neighborhood, died January 29th, 1931, devising the…