Watson v. Ciaffoni

Opinion by

Me. Justice Jones,

The question in this case is whether the tax sale at which the defendants purchased the plaintiffs’ property was illegal and void because of the failure of the local tax claim bureau to give the owners proper notice by registered mail of the filing of the return of unpaid taxes against the property and the formal entry of a claim therefor as well as notice of the subsequent sale. The court below held the sale to be invalid for the reason above mentioned and, accordingly, entered a final decree adjudging the defendants’ title to the property illegal, void and of no…