Legal Opinion
West v. Board of Selectmen of Yarmouth
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided March 4, 1963PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWilkins, C.J.
This bill in equity against the board of selectmen and town treasurer of Yarmouth seeks a declaration that a tax taking and subsequent sale of land were invalid and an order that the land be reconveyed to the plaintiff upon the payment of taxes and other charges. The defendants appeared but filed no answer. They have filed a token brief. The case was submitted upon a statement of agreed facts which amounts to a case stated, and is here upon a report without decision by a judge of the Superior Court. G-. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 214, § 31.
In 1957 the plaintiff was divorced, and her husband, on an…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Mullane v. Central Hanover Bank & Trust Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1950
- Schroeder v. City of New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Napier v. City of SpringfieldMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1939
- City of Boston v. GordonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1961
- Union Trust Co. v. ReedMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1912
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Vincent Realty Corp. v. City of BostonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1978
- Albertson v. LecaSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1982
- Guaranty Mortgage Corp. v. Town of BurlingtonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1982
- Brown v. City of BostonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1968
- Bigham v. Commissioner of Corporations & TaxationMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1976
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