Clark v. Sprague
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by William G. Schmidt and others 'from an order of the Supreme Court, made- at the Kings County Special Term and entered in the offied of the clerk of the county of Kings on the 6th day of October, 1905, directing the appellants to complete their purchase of certain premises.
1Opinion of the Court
Miller, J.:
The appellants, purchasers at a partition sale, decline to complete their purchase upon the ground of defect in the title. It appears that the parties to the partition suit derive their title from a tax sale and deed thereunder, made February 4, 1889, by the register of arrears of the city of Brooklyn. The premises had been conveyed to the .city of Brooklyn by the Brooklyn and Jamaica Railroad Company by deed dated December 29, 1864, which was given pursuant to chapter 220 of the Laws of 1853, and an agreement *646made pursuant thereto April 10, 1855, ratified by chapter 475 of the…
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