Legal Opinion
Goff v. Shultis
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided December 11, 1967Published
1Opinion of the CourtReynolds, J.
Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Ulster County determining after a nonjury trial that respondent Herbert L. George is the owner in fee simple of a certain 260-acre woodlot situated in the Town of Olive, Ulster County. The parcel in question constituted a portion of a 694-acre parcel originally owned by Jacob Miles and his wife Rebecca. Miles failed to pay the taxes assessed against that portion of the 694-acre tract located in the Town of Denning and in January, 1887 the State purchased the same at a tax sale. Based on this deed the State originally claimed title to the entire 694…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Whitney v. . ThomasNew York Court of Appeals · 1861
- Helterline v. PeopleNew York Court of Appeals · 1946
- Zink v. . McManusNew York Court of Appeals · 1890
- Tallman v. . WhiteNew York Court of Appeals · 1848
- Seafire, Inc. v. AckersonNew York Court of Appeals · 1951
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