Bird v. City of New York
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, The City of New York, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Kings op the 17th day of June, 1910, upon the decision of' the .court rendered after a trial, at the , Kings County Trial Term, a jury having been waived, . ..
1Opinion of the Court
Judgment affirmed, with costs, upon the opinion of Mr. Justice Kelly. Hirsohberg, P.. J., Woodward, Burr, Rich and Carr,, JJ.j concurred.' • .
The following is the opinion of Mr. Justice Kelly :
Kelly, J.:
• Upon a sale for taxes under the Brooklyn charter (Laws of 1888, chap. 583, tit. 8, § 6) the surplus was deposited with the treasurer of' the city of Brooklyn. Subsequently the defendant paid this surplus to- one Raymond, who claimed to be the owner of the prop- • er.ty. The plaintiff says that "she was the owrter and sues to recover, .the surplus so paid. No evidence is introduced to show…
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