Krueger v. Devine

Primarily, what the parties contest is the adequacy of a description of land in Edgartown, Martha’s Vineyard, which was taken in 1928 for non-payment of taxes. That the description was not precise is beyond peradventure; the question is whether it was so insufficient as to constitute an irregularity which is “substantial” or “misleading” within the meaning of G. L. c. 60, § 37, as amended by St. 1976, c. 322. See Springfield v. Schaffer, 12 Mass. App. Ct. 277, 279 (1981). A judge of the Land Court determined that no substantial or misleading irregularity attended the tax taking and tax deed…