Coulbourn v. Burns

This is an article 78 proceeding brought on by order to show cause to compel the respondent “ as County Treasurer of Suffolk County (1) to accept from petitioner the purchase price of each and every parcel sold by him on his tax sale held November 16th, 1954 to any person other than the County of Suffolk at an interest rate of 6%; (2) to mark his records of all such sales so as to indicate a sale to petitioner of the said item at an interest rate of 5%; and (3) to issue to petitioner certificates of sale upon all the aforesaid purchases ”.

The principal facts are not in dispute. Respondent, as…