Legal Opinion
Scullin v. Cities Service Oil Co.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided September 18, 1939PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtQua, J.
This proceeding is prosecuted against Cities Service Oil Company, hereinafter called the oil company, to enjoin it from further trespassing upon a parcel of land which consists, at the point in question, of tidal flats bordering upon Hayward’s Creek in Braintree. Specifically, the petitioner seeks to prevent the oil company from further using a wharf with its appurtenances built by its predecessor in title and extending from upland owned by the oil company over the flats to which the petitioner claims the exclusive right of possession.
The wharf was constructed, and the oil company claims the…
2Cases cited27 opinions
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