Lindlots Realty Corp. v. County of Suffolk

The appellant county of Suffolk bid in the land here in question at tax sales. Thereafter, it received deeds of the property so bid in executed by the County Treasurer. The respondent acquired record title to the land in question through deeds from the county. The deeds from the county were quitclaim deeds executed by the County Treasurer, which contained a statement that the premises “ were duly sold * * * after due notice in accordance with law.”

Thereafter, the respondent ascertained that notices of the tax sales at which the county became the purchaser were not published according to law.…