Ecclesiastes 3:1, Inc. v. Cambridge Savings Bank

By two separate actions in the Land Court, which were consolidated for hearing and disposition, the plaintiff sought: (a) an order (G. L. c. 237, §§ 1 and 5, as amended by St. 1973, c. 1114, § 227) for possession of certain premises on Forest Street in Cambridge against the defendants Martin B. and Herbert S. Hoffman, who claimed paramount title to the property as grantees under a foreclosure deed from the Cambridge Savings Bank (bank); and (b) a declaration (G. L. c. 231A, § 1) that it held an unencumbered freehold or an estate of fee simple in the premises by reason of its acquisition at a…