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• FAX NO_ :7 873-1742 Sun. 1e 2005 Ojo 3PM P12
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<br />t I31o-c k. 1--T??wlc, L.c?l©ra.clo; th.nt in April, 1938, the. city of ]3la.ck .T.-TLwlc advtriiscd for sale 1=c>r unpaid
<br />Laces assessed by the city. a eon.siclerable portioxi ?i` tlic propcrty involved irs this suit, a.s a. resin L <> i' which
<br />was scold to the city May 9, 1938. Septe=mber 5, 1942, tl-ve city utzdcrtc>ok to ccar-1ve-y tc> dctendarit,
<br />:?trl.3co=-1 c'c>rasta-taction Cc>rrcpany, by gvvitc4aii-n decd, some o1" the property which it h.axl pro--vin xsly
<br />7,quirec1 thrc),rxgl-1 tlic preceding; tax salt. 'I'hereLil7cin, dcfendant i'u.rn.er? anci sc>r-1ie- cjtlicr cx-xiployces col' the;
<br />efesr.-1d??r-1t construction cc).M.pa•:tny, aviring a. pericacl iric>rn ScptEtrnber 1942 to the encl c>1' ihvtt yca:r, ctltered
<br />pon the .r.eE:tl estatcr and engaged in rorrioving and hkiccliiig away by truck th.e personal pro.pct-ty a.nd
<br />xtures attached tc> the realty. F_intrancc: was ohtfait-1ed tc, tlies tt rmol, which 1-1ad been. p4tc31c.)t iced t->y
<br />la.iixti.ff, by rneayis of a. Icey obtainecl by dcfcndz&"ts which would unlock the padlock. 'rhisa was dot>.c_.
<br />dthout plra.intifr lcnc>wledge. 11s sc'Pozz its 1-JE: learned what was happening, her ordered defetric.aa:its c>frtllc
<br />retiiises nxi.d c7cri-1ftrzcied that they desist -f'rc3m thcrir opcratiotzs. 'Y"hey po ;rsi.stcd, Iic-1wever, ciisrc?arcling
<br />ral notices a.rad t:wo> vvrittcn notices, one dated QOtobcr 8, 1942 a.n.d the c.-1ther suited Dec eY-1zbc r 4, 1942.
<br />>t;fcndants cxclLtded lilain-tiFf from the tunnel by placiizg thereon a..rxew Ic.>cI<_
<br />Izi addition tca asking for both ec3xxipexisatc>ry and ca:enzplary damages, 171ai1-itiff also asked fcIr. 4t hc>dy
<br />xectatinrx. `1-1-10 latter wa-S denied.
<br />Nimeteer-1 pc-1ints arc specified ups-1n vvhicki rclla.nec is T.7-mcie [nr reversal ol'thc judgment
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<br />:ounsel for defendtints, in their brief, ccyndcizsc these into eleven pc-1irtis
<br />Pc4n:ts 2, 3 ay-1d 4 involve the qu4-stic-1t1 of title. It is ccr1-1ter-1c•lc-sd that the COUrt should h?tve [:<,>us-1d that
<br />-1c dcfetidfaazts eiatcred crpciz tlac propcrty with right and title, zalid that the- trial cc>Ltrt was in Error i.rr.
<br />ii-1diizg t1ma.t plait-I.tiff. wEtei t1le owner of the Prcaperty iii question. Sections 3, 4 find 5, aii-1orig otllcrs_, c>f the
<br />txaricr aszd ordina.ncas c'>i'tho city c>f 13lavk Haverlc, rclatit-1g to tax sa.Ies, wcvrc: iixtrodtaccd in ev9denc:c?. It
<br />pl-1ears t1-iat tlzc provisi.can c>-f these seeticm.s were not followed irx tl-1e tatx tale ctYliiiiiiating in the ciecti
<br />pcnl which defe1-1daa2t relics. 't'he a.bstra.cyt c'id- tlie. record does not covitta.iri -t:he ?>uhlishcrd Yioticc 0ontkaix1ia7g
<br />zc description c7fthc property tc] be sold, but au-t ex?irrtiriation of the record diticslc>s:cs that tlzc descrip. Licon
<br />-1 the- d.cecl to the city c> f` Slack n-vvk is at var°iancc with t}.ze de<scriptioxi as published.. Tl.-1e propcrty
<br />.anted in the ?iclvErtisEment vfthe sale cm.b.rfac e` shaft Houses and machinery, witl-1out describing the
<br />7catiion, a.nd atJsci, c-1thcr fixturer: and articles oi' persorial property beairirig ric), relation to .rcfil estate. "1'h<--
<br />eed frotxx the city in turn conveys to clcfcndant, ;oYZae propcrty tl-12-tt w?t? i-1eitlier tzac:tition.ed in the
<br />ubii.sl-aed r-1crtice r;tor in the cieeci to tl>,e city cif Rlticlc Hawk-. 'w4-- ta.rc a.cc-,vwclinL41 . oFthe opini.c-1n i.hat the
<br />•ial.judgc vvns ccarrerct in findilag 0-1ai defer-1d?aazt:ti had fa.ilcd to prove title to the property in cluEStiot-1.
<br />'1ta..iti.rC establishEd title thrcough a sh*--rii ff's deed c f thirty years stag-1diizg.
<br />Pc}int 10 also pr--rtains to title„ and we d.o r1c7t by--Ucve the court erred in not perrnittirxg defer-1datiits to
<br />1-1ow thfit it-1c iiitcrest c;>i'1-1laintiff wat:? caiily the a.a-1-1c>unt or equity he had above t.caac l.ier-1. against the
<br />,roperty which wore helci by clcfcn.d*:int tl-14-- Caxlson Cc>tzstrtactiota. C<-3,mP2;ny. Nar cio we 1?clicve, in
<br />espect to point 9, that the court was in error -in dexzying defendants the right, at the cl.o.e c->f tlic secuncl
<br />_ay c-1i'trial, for fa. --Further coppox-+trtnity to present: evidence a.s tc-> values of propcrty Utketi; at tb it: tiniC a
<br />ont.intxaulce was granted to. a vvicelc tl-1eyncc, ELt which titlac dcfendf?2-1ts were -u1..1.Cfwed ic> presci-1t fr?rtlier
<br />vidcn.cc in the: preti-1i.seti. Dcfcs-1dfarits 1-1ad ft-LIT ric>tii:iea.tiot-1 .frc>r-1-1 the written. ncitic:es served c-1n tl-1c:in by
<br />dodritiit that they would be held liable for ali property rcr-1ic?ved or darri-,%gcd, Maid tl-Less: noticcti: vverc
<br />.lleged in the cc>rnplai.rtt_
<br />The: sixth point deals with the fact thait 1510d.11tiff., kilthough owning all of the persornal propcrty
<br />nvolvefj in t1-1c case, 1-1ad slightly vn<3rc thjti-1 a fifty per cent interest iri thc: rcn-i prc>tierty dta -nv ged, a):-j.d in
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