Town of Freeport v. Ring

[¶ 1] Thornton D. Ring appeals from a summary judgment entered in the Superior Court (Cumberland County, Calkins J.) in favor of the Town of Freeport. The judgment is based on the court’s conclusion that the Town holds title in fee simple absolute to Ring’s Main Street property following the automatic foreclosure of a 1995 real estate tax lien. Ring contends, inter alia, that (1) the check in the amount of $11,347.09 that he sent to the Town redeemed his property prior to the time for automatic foreclosure; and (2) the Town is equitably estopped from claiming ineffective indorsement of the…