Goff v. White

We address a single issue presented by these cases:3 whether a land court judge erred in concluding that *129White and Butler did not take title from purported conveyances to them by the Bristol County Savings Bank (Bank) of land which it had foreclosed as mortgagee. The parcels in dispute are located in Berkley and were part of land in Berkley, Freetown, and Taunton subject to a recorded mortgage given to the Bank by Herbert A. Dean in 1873. On March 31, 1875, the Bank foreclosed by statutory entry and recorded its certificate. General Laws c. 244, § 1, as appearing in St. 1991, c. 157, § 2,…