Town of Lynnfield v. Owners Unknown

In this case, defendants Charles B. Wills and Roger Harris, trustees of the Harwill Realty Trust and of the Newstead Realty Trust, appeal from a judgment of the Land Court foreclosing all rights of redemption with respect to a twenty-acre parcel of vacant land in Lynnfield. The judge below based her decision to foreclose rights of redemption in the property, in part, on her interpretation of G. L. c. 60, § 68 (1984 ed.). The judge ruled that, after a petition for the fore closure of redemptive rights has been filed in the Land Court pursuant to G. L. c. 60, § 65 (1984 ed.), the court has…