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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND SUPERIOR COURT
WASHINGTON, Sc.
JOSEPH W. TAYLOR, et al
v. Equity No. 906
WINIFRED CHEES, et al
FINAL DECEE
This cause came on to be heard upon bill, answer, replication, and proof, and
was argued by counsel; and thereupon upon consideration thereof, it is hereby ORDERED, ADJUDGED
and DECREED as follows, viz:
FIRST: That the deeds dated July 23, 1940, of William D. Cross, Collector of Taxes
of the Town of Charlestown, Rhode Island, to Edwin Fisher, which the deeds are referred to in
paragraph "SEVENTH" of the bill of complaint, are void and effectual in all respects and
operational to pass title in fee simple to the grantee named therein with respect to the follow-
ing described real estate, to wit:
Those certain tracts or lots of land, situated in the Town of Charlestown,
County of Washington, State of Rhode Island, as shown and designated as Lots
Numbers 54, 55, 56 on Assessor's Plat no. 16; said plat being filed in the Office
of the Town Clerk of said Town of Charlestown; said tracts or lots also being,
shown as Lot 54 on a plat entitled "Charlestown, Rhode Island, Sea
shown as Lot 55, and Lot 56, said plat being filed in the Town Clerk's Office,
and Developed by Thomas P. Reilly, location Charlestown, Rhode Island, Scale
one hundred to forty feet, said plat being filed in the Town Clerk's Office of said
Connecticut; said last-mentioned plat also being filed in said Town Clerk's Office
of Charlestown, Rhode Island, Lot 54 being (20) feet, more or less, by
said Two lots being bounded on the (110) feet, more or less, by
Thomas Street on the south, and on the (110) feet, more or less, by Lot
106 on said recorded plat now, or formerly owned by James L. Forbes,
on the northernly side one hundred ten (110) feet, more or less, by lots 529 and 530 on
said recorded plat; and on the easterly side one hundred ten (110) feet, more or less,
by Lot 56 of said recorded plat, now, or formerly owned by John F. Storey.
SECOND: That the complainants, Joseph W. Taylor and Florence May Taylor, both of the
City of Cranston, County of Providence, and State of Rhode Island, hold title in fee simple as
joint tenants to said real estate by reason of open, adverse, exclusive and uninterrupted
possession, use and enjoyment of said real estate by the complainants and their predecessors in
title, for a period of more than ten years; and that any sale and conveyance of said real estate
or any part thereof, shall be deemed to give good title to the purchaser or purchasers thereof
against the claims and demands of the respondents herein, or any one or more of them, and all
persons claiming by, through or under them.
THIRD: That the claims of the respondents herein, or any one or more of them, as alleged
in the bill of complaint, are removed as clouds upon the title of the complainants in and to said
real estate.
FOURTH: That the title and possession of the complainants in and to said real estate be and
they hereby are affirmed and quieted, and established free from any and all claims or liens
of the respondents herein, or any one or more of them, and the heirs-at-law, devisees, grantees
and all persons interested directly, indirectly or contingently as heirs-at-law, devisees or
grantees of the said respondents or any one or more of them, and also all other persons unknown
and un ascertained, claiming, or who may claim, any right, title, estate, lien or interest in said
real estate which is, or might become, adverse to the complainant's right, title or interest
therein or which does or may constitute any cloud upon the complainant's title therein.
FIFTH: That the respondents herein and all persons claiming by, through, or under them,
or any of them, (adversely to the right, title and interest of the complainants) be and they hereby
are permanently enjoined from asserting any claims with respect to said real estate, or any part
thereof.
Entered as the decree of Court this 4th day of August, 1956.
ENTER: Frost, P. J.
August 3, 1956. By order,
/s/ James L. Forbes
Clerk
A TRUE COPY attest: Daniel W. Carr
Deputy Clerk
Received for record August 24th, A. D. 1956 at 10:01 o'clock, a. m., and recorded by
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