Butler v. Stark

Feb 27, 1885
Reporters:
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Before:
Holmes
Holmes, J.

The tax deed to Stark conveyed an ‍‌​​​​​‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌​​​​​​​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‍estate in fee simple, although subject to redemption for a limited time. Parker v. Baxter, 2 Gray, 185. Coughlin v. Gray, 131 ‍‌​​​​​‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌​​​​​​​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‍Mass. 56, 57. Langley v. Chapin, 134 Mass. 82. The deed was recorded,- and therefore, in the absence of ‍‌​​​​​‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌​​​​​​​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‍statute to the contrary, Stark was the “person appearing of record as owner” of the land ‍‌​​​​​‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌​​​​​​​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‍when it was assessed to him, on May 1, 1882, and the assessment to him was ‍‌​​​​​‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌​​​​​​​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‍proper. Pub. Sts. c. 11, § 13. See Miner v. Pingree, 110 Mass. 47. Bill dismissed.