Legal Opinion
Assistant Recorder of the North Registry District v. Spinelli
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided June 23, 1995No. 94-P-1197PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBrown, J.
Lydia Spinelli appeals from a judgment entered against her in the Land Court allowing the assistant recorder’s petition to expunge from a certificate of title a declaration of homestead2 that Spinelli had executed and re-
*656corded. The declaration of homestead covered registered land held by Spinelli as trustee of the Lydia Spinelli Investment Trust (the investment trust)3 and occupied by Spinelli as her principal residence.
Spinelli raises two arguments on appeal. First, she maintains that the assistant recorder lacks standing to petition the court for the amendment of the certificate of title.…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Kirby v. Board of Assessors of MedfordMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1966
- St. George's Ebenezer Primitive Methodist Church v. Primitive Methodist Church of AmericaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1943
- Bates v. BatesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1867
- New York Life Insurance v. Embassy Realty Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1936
- Ladd v. SwansonMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1987
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3Cited by13 opinions
- Dwyer v. CempellinMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1996
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- Aroesty v. Bankowski (In Re Aroesty)Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the First Circuit · 2008
- In Re RobertsUnited States Bankruptcy Court, D. Massachusetts · 2001
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