Rogers v. City of Cambridge
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Contract, by the purchaser of certain property in the city of Cambridge at two tax sales, to recover from that city under St. 1909, c. 490, Part II, § 45, the amounts, with interest, which he paid under the terms of the sales. Writ dated January 26,1916. ■ In the Superior Court the case was heard by Hardy, J., without a jury. Other material evidence is described in the opinion.
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Contract, by the purchaser of certain property in the city of Cambridge at two tax sales, to recover from that city under St. 1909, c. 490, Part II, § 45, the amounts, with interest, which he paid under the terms of the sales. Writ dated January 26,1916. ■ In the Superior Court the case was heard by Hardy, J., without a jury. Other material evidence is described in the opinion. The “offer” of the plaintiff, alleged to be made in accordance with the provisions of the statute, was upon printed blanks, the introductory part of which was as follows: "To the Collector of taxes for Cambridge in the…
1Opinion of the CourtCarroll, J.
This action is by the purchaser of two tax titles, to recover under St. 1909, c. 490, Part II, § 45, from the defendant city, amounts, with interest, paid by him for said titles, on the ground that, by reason of errors, omissions or informalities in the assessment or the sales, he has no claim upon the property sold.'
The plaintiff purchased the property August 4, 1911, at a tax sale, for the unpaid taxes of 1910. On July 7, 1914, at a sale for unpaid taxes for 1913, he again bid in the property. Within two years from the date of each deed, (see now St. 1912, c. 390,) “the plaintiff sent by…
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