Legal Opinion

Hann v. Merrill

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine

Decided May 24, 1973PublishedCited by 19 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

WEATHERBEE, Justice.

The two Defendants claim title ownership of the four lots of land in issue by virtue of deeds to their predecessors in title from the Town of Poland which the Defendants contend acquired title through the foreclosure of liens placed on the property for unpaid taxes assessed in the years 1961, 1962 and 1964. The Plaintiff, who has the record title to three of the lots of land except for the effect of these tax liens, brings these two real actions to recover the property. The Plaintiff’s only title to the fourth lot, the Philip Winslow lot, had been acquired by virtue of a…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Harvey v. Essex County Board of FreeholdersSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1959
  2. International Brotherhood of Teamsters of America v. ShapiroSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1951
  3. Carroll v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1909
  4. Barnes v. State, Ex Rel. PinkneyCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1964
  5. North Hampton Racing & Breeding Ass'n v. New Hampshire Racing CommissionSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1946

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3Cited by19 opinions

  1. Hodgdon v. CampbellSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1980
  2. Ginn v. Penobscot CompanySupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1975
  3. Sargent v. CoolidgeSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1979
  4. State v. AdamsSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1983
  5. Boynton v. AdamsSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1975

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