Picerne v. Sylvestre

This is but another chapter in the ongoing controversy between Ettore C. Picerne (Picerne) and Roland P. Sylvestre and his wife, Elizabeth, (the Sylvestres). On April 26, I960, Cranston’s tax collector conducted a tax sale at which Picerne purchased the Sylvestres’ property. In October 1971, Picerne filed a petition in the Superior Court to foreclose the taxpayers’ right of redemption, and the Sylvestres responded with the defense of adverse possession. Later, in June 1972, the Superior Court ruled that such a defense had no place in a foreclosure proceeding. The Sylvestres’ appeal from this…