Albany Syndicate for a Writ of Mandamus v. Runkle

The relator is a domestic corporation engaged in the business of the purchase of real estate and liens thereon, and since the year 1911 has extensively engaged in the business of buying parcels of land sold, by the county treasurer of Rensselaer and other counties in the state of New York, for the nonpayment of taxes, levied and charged against such parcels and has purchased certain tax liens or conveyances for terms of years for which they were issued, sold by the county treasurer of Rensselaer county for the non-payment of taxes levied and charged against such parcels and is the owner in…