Legal Opinion

Robinson v. Church

Massachusetts Land Court

Decided September 15, 1899Published

1Opinion of the Court

Tbis is a petition for registration of a tax title. Tbe case having been brought as a test case to determine the status of tax titles under the land registration act, the attorney-general has appeared on behalf of the public and the matter has been very fully argued on his part, as well as by the parties immediately in interest.

Under the'recent decision in Burke v. Burke, where one seeks to show that the title of another has passed to himself by virtue of a tax sale, he must prove, by evidence outside the recitals of the tax deed, that everything has been done which the statute calls for as a…

2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. Stetson v. KemptonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1816
  2. City of Lowell v. County CommissionersMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1890
  3. Stockle v. SilsbeeMichigan Supreme Court · 1879
  4. Massachusetts General Hospital v. Inhabitants of SomervilleMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1869
  5. Polk v. Rose ex rel. CinnamondCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1866

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