Wall v. Wall
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Writ oe entry, dated March 13, 1877, to recover a parcel of land in Worcester. Plea, nul disseisin. The case was submitted to this court upon an agreed statement of facts, which, so far as material to the point decided, was as follows: The demandant was the owner of the demanded premises on May 1, 1872. The assessors of Worcester for that year assessed upon said estate a tax of $33.06. J?he tax list for 1872 was duly committed to the collector of taxes for collection.
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Writ oe entry, dated March 13, 1877, to recover a parcel of land in Worcester. Plea, nul disseisin. The case was submitted to this court upon an agreed statement of facts, which, so far as material to the point decided, was as follows: The demandant was the owner of the demanded premises on May 1, 1872. The assessors of Worcester for that year assessed upon said estate a tax of $33.06. J?he tax list for 1872 was duly committed to the collector of taxes for collection. The demand-ant having failed to pay the tax, the collector advertised the estate for sale as follows: “ City Collector’s…
1Opinion of the CourtMorton, J.
The tenant’s title is derived from a sale and conveyance of the premises by the collector of taxes of the city of Worcester. The demandant makes several objections to the validity of this sale. We are satisfied that one of these objections must prevail.
The statute requires that the collector shall give notice of the time and place of sale of real estate taken for taxes, by an advertisement to be published in a newspaper of the county in which such estate lies, and that “ the advertisement shall contain a substantially accurate description of the several rights, lots or divisions of the estate…
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