Legal Opinion
City of Boston v. Lynch
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided November 7, 1939PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLummus, J.
This is a petition to foreclose rights of redemption under tax titles acquired by the petitioner in 1932. G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 60, § 65. St. 1938, c. 305. In general the practice in such a proceeding conforms to the practice in land registration. G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 60, § 75. St. 1936, c. 189, § 1. The respondents, claiming an interest in the land, contested the validity of the tax titles, and claimed an appeal from a decision that the tax titles were valid. The decision expressly failed to deal with an offer by a mortgagee to redeem from the tax title as to one parcel. “Questions of law…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- McCarthy v. LaneMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1938
- Conners v. City of LowellMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1911
- Joyce v. DyerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1905
- Kingsley v. City of Fall RiverMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1932
- Charland v. Trustees of the Home for Aged WomenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1910
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3Cited by18 opinions
- Barney & Carey Co. v. Town of MiltonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1949
- Vincent v. PleckerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1946
- Harrington v. AndersonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1944
- City of Boston v. Quincy Market Cold Storage & Warehouse Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1942
- McHale v. TreworgyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1950
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