NADEAU v. TOWN OF OAKFIELD


572 A.2d 491 (1990)

Bernard B. NADEAU v. TOWN OF OAKFIELD.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided April 4, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Rogers, (orally), Houlton, for plaintiff.

William H. Dale, (orally), Gwendolyn H. Lyford, Jensen, Baird, Gardner & Henry, Portland, for defendant.

Before McKUSICK, C.J., and ROBERTS, GLASSMAN, CLIFFORD, HORNBY and COLLINS, JJ.


COLLINS, Justice.

In this appeal we determine that a tax lien certificate's description of encumbered property by lot number only, without reference to a specific map, plan, or survey, is legally insufficient despite the existence of a local tradition of describing property in deeds and tax lien certificates by lot number only. Accordingly, we affirm the judgment of the Superior Court (Aroostook County, Pierson, J.).

In July, 1952, and July, 1954, the...

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