Pratt v. Woolley

This is a petition to foreclose a taxpayer’s right of redemption brought pursuant to the provisions of G. L. 1956 (1970 Reenactment) chapter 9 of title 44. The petition to foreclose was heard by a Superior Court justice who denied the petition but ordered the petitioner’s promissory note to respondent cancelled and denied respondent’s claim for compensation for repairs. The respondent Suburban Land Company (Suburban) has appealed. The question to be decided by us is the scope of jurisdiction granted to the Superior Court by chapter 9 of title 44.

The pertinent facts are as follows. In 1969,…