Case Name: Joseph Hehn, Jr., Plaintiff, v. County of Nassau, Defendant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1944-11-20
Citations: 268 A.D. 917
Docket Number: 
Parties: Joseph Hehn, Jr., Plaintiff, v. County of Nassau, Defendant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 268
Pages: 917–917

Head Matter:
Joseph Hehn, Jr., Plaintiff, v. County of Nassau, Defendant.

Opinion:
Submission of controversy on agreed statement of facts. Plaintiff is under contract to purchase two lots from the defendant. He rejected title on the ground that it was unmarketable. It seems that an action was brought by the defendant herein against prior owners to establish the regularity of a tax sale, and the title to real estate resulting therefrom, and that the order which it obtained for publication of the summons and complaint was fully complied with but was not to be found on file in the office of the county clerk. The defendant County obtained an order directing the filing of a duplicate original order nunc pro tune as of a date prior to the first day of the publication of the summons. The plaintiff contends that the later order was ineffective to accomplish a compliance with rule 52 of the Rules of Civil Practice, and that there was a jurisdictional defect. The failure to file the original order, if in fact there was such a failure, before the first day of the publication of the summons, was cured by the nunc pro tune order. The failure in this respect was a mere irregularity and did not constitute a jurisdictional defect under the circumstances herein. [Lambert V. Lambert, 270 N. Y. 422.) Judgment unanimously directed for defendant, without costs, declaring the title to the property to be good and marketable and directing plaintiff to perform the contract. Present — Close, P. J., Hagarty, Carswell, Adel and Lewis, JJ.