Davis v. City of Ellsworth

WEBBER, Justice.

This case presents but a single issue as to whether or not the title to real estate otherwise admittedly standing in the name of plaintiff Davis has been defeated by the statutory foreclosure of twelve tax lien mortgages or any one of them. 1 More narrowly defined, the issue is whether or not the description of the property taxed identifies that property “with reasonable certainty.” Oceanic Hotel Co. v. Angell (1948) 143 Me. 160, 57 A.2d 143; Hunt v. Latham (1922) 121 Me. 303, 117 A. 94.

There are slight but insubstantial variations in phraseology among the twelve tax lien…