Salem v. Sperber

Feb 2, 1937
Reporters:
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Before:
Per Curiam.
Per Curiam.

The statute (P. L., c. 66, s. 25) requires the purchaser of real estate ‍‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​‍sold by a tax collector to give notice to mortgagees within thirty days from the sale, and the sale “shall be void as against any mortgagee ‍‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​‍to whom such notice” is not given. The requirement of notice within the time specified is a material condition “because the statute makes it so.” Derry ‍‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​‍Bank v. Griffin, 68 N. H. 183, 184. The principle that in all cases of sales of real estate for non-payment of taxes “every prerequisite to the exercise ‍‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​‍of the power must precede its exercise” (Cahoon v. Coe, 57 N. H. 556, 569) extends to matters to be performed in order that a sale include a mortgage interest, ‍‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​‍and the statutory regulations are fixed and rigid.

Decree for defendant.

Page, J., was absent.