Emery v. Crowley

Allan C. Emery, Jr., and Marian H. Emery filed a petition in the Land Court pursuant to G. L. c. 185, § 1, to register title to three parcels of land in North Weymouth. The defendant (Crowley) and another abutting landowner filed answers taking issue with three of the Emery claims with respect to two of the parcels. Crowley appeals from various findings and rulings of the Land Court judge. His appeal requires that we construe the provisions of G. L. c. 183, § 58, for the first time.

The controversy focuses primarily on property rights in parcel 2, which is a “paper street” running…