Dromgoole v. White

Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Madison County, after a trial without jury, declaring void a tax deed from the Madison County Treasurer to appellants and awarding ownership and possession of the property in dispute to respondents. The court below has based its determination on the grounds that the preponderance of the evidence indicated that posting of tax collection notices at five public places as required by then section 69 of the Tax Law had not been complied with during the year 1953. In the absence of such compliance the defect would be jurisdictional in nature and the tax…