Legal Opinion
Town of Lexington v. Ryder
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided March 2, 1937PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDonahue, J.
The town of Lexington brought this petition in the Land Court for the foreclosure of all right of redemption under a tax sale. G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 60, § 65.
The petitioner claims title under a deed from the collector of taxes of the town which recited that at a tax sale held on September 25, 1931, the real estate in question was bid in by one Tenney, that he failed to pay within twenty days after the sale the sum offered by him, and that the town thereby became the purchaser of the property. The deed was dated and acknowledged on October 15, 1931. It is conceded by the respondents that the…
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