Legal Opinion
Olds v. City of Jamestown
New York Court of Appeals
Decided April 11, 1939PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLehman, J.
The plaintiffs in this action challenge titles to real property derived from a tax sale held in the city of Jamestown on the 14th day of December, 1934. Notice of the tax sale was dated November 27th, and was published in a newspaper of that city on Wednesday, November 28, Wednesday, December 5, and Tuesday, December 11, 1934. Thus only sixteen days elapsed from the date of the first advertisement to the date of sale. The plaintiffs contend that the tax sale is void because notice for longer period is required by the statute.
The Legislature provided in the charter of the city of Jamestown…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Dunkum v. MacEck Building Corp.New York Court of Appeals · 1931
- Wood v. . MorehouseNew York Court of Appeals · 1871
- Market National Bank v. Pacific National BankNew York Court of Appeals · 1882
- Olcott v. . RobinsonNew York Court of Appeals · 1860
- City of Albany v. GoodmanAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1922
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3Cited by18 opinions
- Werking v. Amity Estates, Inc.New York Court of Appeals · 1956
- Lane v. JohnsonNew York Court of Appeals · 1940
- Town of Cortlandt v. Village of PeekskillNew York Court of Appeals · 1939
- In re KantorAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1952
- Hunt v. DekinNew York Supreme Court · 1946
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