Legal Opinion
In re Certain Land in Lawrence
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided October 22, 1902No. 1,327PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LOWELL, District Judge.
This is a proceeding to take land for a post office in Lawrence. The Essex Company once owned the land, and has never conveyed it by deed. The city of Lawrence has filed an intervening petition, which sets out:
“First. That said land was by the former owner thereof dedicated to the inhabitants of the said city of Lawrence for use as a public park; that said dedication was accepted, and said land has been so used and enjoyed by the public under said dedication for a period of forty years and upwards; and that the city of Lawrence is now the owner in fee of said land.…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Prince v. CrockerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1896
- Proprietors of Mount Hope Cemetery v. City of BostonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1893
- Attorney General v. AbbottMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1891
- City of Boston v. RichardsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1870
- Browne v. TurnerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1900
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3Cited by11 opinions
- United States v. CarmackSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Town of Winchester v. CoxSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1942
- Town of Bedford v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1927
- United States v. City of TiffinU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Northern Ohio · 1911
- United States v. 4,450.72 ACRES OF LANDDistrict Court, D. Minnesota · 1939
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