Chard v. . Holt
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from judgment of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the fifth judicial department, entered upon an order made March 29, 1892, which reversed a judgment in favor of defendants, entered upon a decision of the court on trial at Special Term. This was an action of ejectment to recover possession of certain premises in the village of Westfield, county of Chautauqua.
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Appeal from judgment of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the fifth judicial department, entered upon an order made March 29, 1892, which reversed a judgment in favor of defendants, entered upon a decision of the court on trial at Special Term. This was an action of ejectment to recover possession of certain premises in the village of Westfield, county of Chautauqua. In 1812, Amelia Holt, then the owner in fee of the premises, executed a mortgage thereon to Rufus C. Palmer, who subsequently died, leaving a will, and the plaintiffs were appointed his administrators, with the will…
1Opinion of the CourtAndrews, J.
The validity of the tax title of the defendant Horatio N. Holt, under the tax sale of October 27, 1885, for taxes assessed. in 1884, on the premises in question (then owned by Amelia Holt), and under the deed from the county treasurer of Chautauqua county to Wilson, the purchaser (and grantor of Horatio N. Holt), executed pursuant to said sale October 28, 1887, and the nature and quality of the estate vested in Wilson under the deed depends upon and is to be determined by the provisions of the act, chapter 229, of the Laws of 1879, entitled an “Act in reference to the collection of taxes in…
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