Chelsea Yacht Club v. Mystic River Bridge Authority

The petitioner owns a building, used as its club house, which rests upon piles driven into the bed of Mystic River in tide water upon land owned by the Commonwealth. The building was erected over sixty years ago pursuant to St. 1890, c. 311, 1 and under a license (see Commissioner of Public Works v. Cities Service Oil Co. 308 Mass. 349, 353-354) from the board of harbor and land commissioners which was recorded in the Suffolk registry of deeds. The club house was located on the easterly side of Chelsea North Bridge with access over the bridge. The respondent is a body corporate and politic…