Lancy v. Snow
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Petition by Maria S. Lancy for the registration of her title to certain land in Provincetown alleged to be owned by her and to be claimed by Anna C. Snow under a sale and conveyance made by the collector of taxes of that town, filed in the Court of Registration September 26, 1899. The Court of Registration made a decree of registration of title in the petitioner, and the respondent appealed to the Superior Court, where the case was tried before Sherman, J., without a jury.
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Petition by Maria S. Lancy for the registration of her title to certain land in Provincetown alleged to be owned by her and to be claimed by Anna C. Snow under a sale and conveyance made by the collector of taxes of that town, filed in the Court of Registration September 26, 1899. The Court of Registration made a decree of registration of title in the petitioner, and the respondent appealed to the Superior Court, where the case was tried before Sherman, J., without a jury. It was agreed that the case should be tried on the following issues and on those alone: 1. Was the assessment invalid…
1Opinion of the CourtKnowlton, J.
This case comes before us on a report from a judge of the Superior Court, and the respondent contends that by reason of the St. 1898, c. 562, § 14, and St. 1899, c. 131, § 2, the judge had no right to make the report. But there is nothing in these statutes that takes away the authority given by the Pub. Sts. c. 153, § 6, and the St. 1900, c. 311. The case is rightly before us on the report.
The question on which the decision turns is whether the sale for noh-payment of taxes gave the respondent a good title. The parties filed an agreement that the case might be tried on five issues which were…
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