Taylor v. City of Haverhill

The case was heard on bill and answer. Rule 31 of the Superior Court (1932). Therefore all facts well pleaded in the answer, and all facts well pleaded in the bill and not denied or contradicted in the answer, are to be taken as true. Borggaard v. Department of Public Works, 298 Mass. 417, 419. Karcher v. Burbank, 303 Mass. 303, 304. Applying that principle to the pleadings, the facts upon which the case must be decided are as follows.

The defendant Barrows is the treasurer of Haverhill, and the defendant Watson is its custodian of tax title property under St. 1938, c. 358, as amended by St.…