Sleamaker v. Hammond

GLASSMAN, Justice.

The defendant, Clifton Hammond, appeals the order of the Superior Court (Ken-nebec County, Alexander, J.) granting a summary judgment in favor of the plaintiff, Willard Sleamaker, in this quiet title action involving a parcel of land in the town of Mt. Vernon to which both parties claim title. We affirm the judgment.

The record reveals the following facts. In 1929, the disputed parcel was deeded to Lillia G. Libby, who failed to pay the property tax assessments between 1940 and 1945. In April 1941, Mt. Vernon filed a tax lien certificate for the unpaid 1940 taxes in the…