Watkins v. Eaton
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Writ op entry. The case came up on an agreed statement. The facts are exhibited in the opinion of the Court. The estate derived by Longfellow from the tax sale, was a fee upon condition, liable to be defeated by payment to him of the amount and 20 per cent, interest, within three years, by those having the right to redeem. Longfellow could not, by parting with the fee, compel the owners to redeem of any other person than himself. The words of the statute are explicit.
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Writ op entry. The case came up on an agreed statement. The facts are exhibited in the opinion of the Court. The estate derived by Longfellow from the tax sale, was a fee upon condition, liable to be defeated by payment to him of the amount and 20 per cent, interest, within three years, by those having the right to redeem. Longfellow could not, by parting with the fee, compel the owners to redeem of any other person than himself. The words of the statute are explicit. “ The owners of lands sold in pursuance of the foregoing section shall have the right to redeem said lands by paying to the…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court, was drawn up by
Shepley, C. J.
— The County Commissioners of the several counties were authorized by the act approved on April 1, 1836, c. 242, to assess unincorporated townships of land for the repair of highways laid out and opened over them. It is admitted by the agreed statement, that township numbered three in the second range was legally assessed for that purpose. That the same was sold by the treasurer of the county of Washington to obtain payment of the amount thus assessed ; and that it was legally conveyed to Jacob Longfellow on September 27, 1837 ; that the…
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