Folan v. Inhabitants of Dedham

This is a petition, filed in the Land Court under G. L. c. 185, § 114, for cancellation of a memorandum, upon the petitioner’s certificate of title, of an order of the town of Dedham for a betterment assessment based on the laying out and construction of a highway in that town. The case was presented to that court upon an agreed statement of facts, and the petitioners have appealed from an order denying their petition.

The original layout of the highway was made by the selectmen on February 21, 1917, and filed with the town clerk three days later. The governing statute then was R. L. c. 48, §§…