Osborne v. Town of Lancaster

The plaintiff, devisee of Rose P. MacMackin, sought an adjudication as to the right of the town of Lancaster to enforce a lien under O. L. c. 118A, § 4, against real estate of Rose for old age assistance furnished her from February 9, 1956, to February 9,1961, the date of her death. The lien is asserted against real estate which Rose and her late husband, Archie 1 , owned as tenants by the entirety on February 9, 1956, when notice of lien was filed. The notice applied to real estate of Archie as well as of Rose as aid had also been furnished the husband. No claim is made that there is an…