Town of North Reading v. Welch

When foreclosing a tax title acquired for nonpayment of real estate taxes, the town of North Reading failed to notify Ruth E. Welch (Ruth),2 who had a survivorship interest in the property concerned by reason of having acquired it as a tenant by the entirety. A judgment of the Land Court dated April 3, 1992, granted absolute title to the town. Almost five years later, on February 10, 1997, Ruth petitioned to vacate that judgment on the ground that she had received no notice of the tax title proceedings. The recorder of the Land Court, acting under *819authority of G. L. c. 185, § 6, as amended by…