City of Worcester v. Hoffman

The city appeals from a decision of the Land Court dismissing its petition brought pursuant to Gr. L. c. 60, § 65, as amended, to foreclose all rights of redemption in a certain parcel of land in Worcester. The land had been taken by the city by an instrument dated August 12,1955, and recorded October 6,1955, “for unpaid 1954 taxes,” which in fact were a lien for unpaid rates for water supplied to Wire Corporation, subsequently adjudicated a bankrupt. The respondents are the three members *648of a partnership, who purchased the real estate under an order in the bankruptcy proceedings, and their…