Field v. Inhabitants of West Orange

The Chancellor.

The bill, which is filed under the act to quiet titles, states that on the 8th of June, 1882, the collector of taxes of the township of West Orange sold the land of the complainant to the township for the taxes of the year 1879, and it prays that the complainant’s title to the land may be established and the tax title declared null and void. The ground on which the title under the tax sale is thus assailed, is that, by the charter of the township (P. L. of 1871 p. 367), taxes are declared to be a lien upon the lands and real estate on which they are assessed for the space of…