Kildeer Realty v. Brewster Realty Corp.

OPINION

GOLDBERG, Justice.

This case came before the Court for oral argument on March 10, 2003, on appeal by the defendant, Brewster Realty Corporation (Brewster Realty or defendant), from a judgment denying its motion to vacate a final decree, foreclosing all rights of redemption for property purchased at a tax sale by the plaintiff, Kildeer Realty, a Rhode Island General Partnership (Kil-deer or plaintiff).

The record discloses that the tax collector for the City of Providence (the city) failed to notify defendant, whose ownership interest was recorded in the land evidence records eighty-three…