People ex rel. Atkins v. City of Buffalo
New York Supreme Court
Application by the relator for a writ of peremptory mandamus, commanding the defendant officers to execute and deliver to him a conveyance of certain lands and premises, situate in the city of Buffalo, bid in by the relator upon a sale for taxes.
1Opinion of the CourtKruse, J.
At the annual tax sale in May, 1897, the defendant comptroller sold the lands, respecting which this controversy arises, for the taxes levied the preceding year. They were bid in by the relator for ten dollars and twenty-eight cents, the amount of the taxes and additions thereto. The comptroller issued to the relator his certificate of sale, as required by the charter of the city of Buffalo (L. 1891, ch. 105), under the provisions of which the sale was made, and thereafter a notice to redeem was served, as required by the charter, and, no redemption having been made within the time required…
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