Lawrence v. Town of Concord

Emerging from the dust bin of history, see Allen v. Batchelder, 17 Mass. App. Ct. 453, 457 (1984), is this dispute over whether Joseph Frazier ever acquired title to 1586 Main Street, Concord (property) by adverse possession. The question comes before us in the form of a claim by Albert J. Lawrence, Frazier’s devisee, for damages under G. L. c. 79, § 14, following an eminent domain taking by the town of Concord that attempted to quiet title to the property. Lawrence appeals from a *71Superior Court judge’s determination, on cross motions for summary judgment, that title was in the town through a…