Legal Opinion
Devine v. Town of Nantucket
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided July 19, 2007PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMarshall, C.J.
In 1968, the town of Nantucket (town) took certain property (locus) by eminent domain for purposes related to Nantucket Memorial Airport (airport). At that time the locus was Usted as “owners unknown” on the town’s tax roUs, even though there was in fact an identifiable record owner. In 1985, an attorney acting on behalf of William J. Devine, trustee of the Loomis Realty Trust (trust), purchased the record owner’s title and subsequently conveyed it to the trust. Neither the record owner, the attorney, nor Devine had actual notice of the 1968 taking. Nor could the order of taking have been…
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