Town of Carthage v. Friends of Maine's Mountains
Annotate this CaseThe Town of Carthage filed a complaint seeking to quiet title to two 160-acres parcels of undeveloped land and claiming that it owned the land based on its uninterrupted possession of the land for over a century. Friends of Maine’s Mountains filed an answer and counterclaim, claiming that it obtained an interest in the land by a quitclaim release deed executed through an alleged descendent of the parcels’ last known owner. The superior court granted summary judgment in favor of the Town pursuant to the municipal delinquent tax title statute and declared that the Town owned the two lots in fee simple absolute. The Supreme Judicial Court affirmed, holding that the superior court did not err in determining that the Town obtained title through a tax sale in 1905.
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