Bembery v. District of Columbia

BELSON, Senior Judge:

Appellant .Robert Bembery, as trustee of JayTee Realty Trust, was the high bidder at the tax auction sale of certain real property located in the District of Columbia, and accordingly received from the District, rather than a deed to the property, a tax lien certificate that set forth the name of the record owner and the amount of the lien. Subsequently, the District permitted appellees Charles E. Bailey and Denise Gibson-Bailey (“the Baileys”), who had purchased the realty in question from the co-conservator of the record owner at the time of the tax auction sale, to…