Johnson v. Town of Dedham

ROBERTS, Justice.

The Town of Dedham appeals from a Superior Court judgment which vested Philip D. Johnson with fee simple title to four parcels of land that Dedham claims it acquired through tax liens recorded between 1948 and 1950. The parcels are located in the Lucerne-in-Maine Village Corporation which is situated within the Town of Dedham. On appeal, Dedham contends that the Superior Court erroneously concluded that (1) Johnson’s action was not time-barred by 14 M.R.S.A. § 801 (1980), 14 M.R.S.A. § 816 (1980), or by the doctrine of laches; (2) a specific finding that Johnson, and those…