Thurlow v. Dunwell

This title conflict represents but another chapter in the seemingly endless saga of double assessment litigation in Suffolk County. Both chains of title at issue derive from Clarence Scott, who purchased the property in 1907. Scott’s deed described the property as “[b]ounded West by Herrick Rogers; North by John and Samuel Bishop; East by Herrick Rogers and South by James White”. For reasons unrevealed in the record, the Town of Southampton real property tax assessment roll described the property differently, listing the names of the owners to the north and east, but referring to the owners…