Sherwin v. Boston Five Cents Savings Bank

This is an action originally brought by the city of Boston, and, by amendment, now prosecuted by Thomas Sherwin, late the collector of the city, to recover, under the Gen. Sts. c. 12, § 40, taxes assessed on a parcel of land in 1872 and 1873 to Charles A. Wood, then the owner of the equity of redemption in possession; a tax assessed on the same parcel in 1874 to Josiah S. Eastman, then the owner of the equity of redemption in possession; and a tax assessed on another parcel in 1875 to Jonathan Preston, then the owner of the equity of redemption in possession. Each of the parcels was, at the…