Legal Opinion
Guaranty Mortgage Corp. v. Town of Burlington
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided March 2, 1982PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtNolan, J.
Guaranty Mortgage Corporation (Guaranty), the holder of a first mortgage on certain lots of land in Burlington, filed a complaint in the Superior Court 1 challenging the legality of the sale of those lots for nonpayment of taxes. Guaranty requested declaratory relief under G. L. c. 231 A, § 1. Subsequently added as plaintiffs were Stanley Reich, trustee of the Massachusetts Realty Trust and owner of the lots prior to the tax sale, and State Street Bank & Trust Co. (State Street), the assignee of Guaranty’s mortgage. The defendants are the town of Burlington, the Commissioner of Revenue 2…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Mullane v. Central Hanover Bank & Trust Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1950
- Dow v. State of MichiganMichigan Supreme Court · 1976
- Assessors of Quincy v. Boston Consolidated Gas Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1941
- Botens v. AronauerNew York Court of Appeals · 1973
- Chesney v. GreshamCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1976
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3Cited by9 opinions
- Christian v. MooneyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1987
- City of Boston v. JamesMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1988
- Grant County v. GuyerOregon Supreme Court · 1983
- Town of Lancaster v. FoleyMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1983
- Robertson v. Town of PlymouthMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1984
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