Lamontagne v. Knightly

In 1988, the plaintiffs filed a complaint in the Land Court, claiming that the town of Methuen had failed to notify them of two land takings in 1939 and 1944 for nonpayment of taxes and of the subsequent sale of the land, thereby depriving them of due process of law and making the takings invalid. The Land Court entered a judgment for the defendants, holding that (1) the procedure followed by the town complied with the requirements of G. L. c. 60, § 79, for sale of low value land taken for nonpayment of taxes and (2) G. L. c. 60, § 80C, barred the plaintiffs’ petition. The plaintiffs appealed…