Supreme Court of Connecticut· 5/31/1955

Goldman v. Quadrato

Citations

142 Conn. 398
114 A.2d 687
55 A.L.R. 2d 549
1955 Conn. LEXIS 184

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land acquired by city on foreclosure of tax lien not devoted to public use
\Whether possession is adverse in character is a question of fact.... Since the [trial] court found all the essential elements of an adverse possession... the court was correct in its judgment.\ [Citation omitted.]
“A legal title perfected into a grant or vested by deed ... may never be lost by abandonment.... Title to realty does not pass merely through the inaction of its owner.” (footnote and citations omitted)
“Whether possession is adverse in character is a question of fact... . Since the [trial] court found all the essential elements of an adverse possession . . . the court was correct in its judgment.” [Citation omitted.]
by implication, tax title by foreclosure does not affect adverse possession

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Judges: Inglis, Baldwin, O'Sullivan, Wynne, Daly

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