Legal Opinion
Kane v. Town of Harpswell (In Re Kane)
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided June 22, 2001No. 00-9008PublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOUDIN, Chief Judge.
This appeal arises from a prolonged effort by the Town of Harpswell, Maine, to foreclose a tax lien and expel the putative owners, Mitchell and Alice Kane, from a piece of real property subject to the lien. In 1991, the Kanes bought this piece of already mortgaged property alongside Route 123 in Harpswell from one Francis Pagurko; in accordance with an installment sales contract, the price ($15,000) was to be paid in modest monthly installments. Title was to be transferred after full payment.
Under the sales contract, the Kanes took immediate responsibility for paying real…
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