Town of Sandwich v. Quirk

These actions concern the ownership of four adjacent parcels of land in Sandwich, each of which, at various dates, the town took for the nonpayment of taxes and as to which, in the 1970’s, the Land Court entered decrees foreclosing the record owners’ rights of redemption. The defendants (Quirks) assert that they have acquired title to the parcels by adverse possession.

The judge ruled that the town was entitled to possession of two parcels and to an injunction barring the Quirks from using the remaining two parcels for access to the first two. She accepted the town’s position that the tax…