Beers v. Johnson

The private holder of a certificate of indebtedness issued by a municipality constituting a lien against deácribed lands for abutting street improvements, brought suit to enforce the lien of the certificate making the owners of the property and their immediate warranty deed grantors and the present municipality parties defendant. Motions to dismiss the bill of complaint were denied and the present owners of the property and the city appealed.

The statutes under which the certificate was issued, Section 3016 (1906) et seq. C. G L., contemplates a transfer of such a certificate by the…