Hickey v. Pathways Association, Inc.

This case involves a dispute among landowners in the same subdivision over access rights over a private way to the beach. The plaintiffs own two beachfront lots in the town of Dennis (town), fronting on Shore Drive. Shore Drive runs along the waterfront parallel to Cape Cod Bay. The plaintiffs’ lots are separated by a twenty-foot way that extends south from Cape Cod Bay, along the length of the lots, to Shore Drive. The defendants 3 own lots located to the south and west of the plaintiffs’ lots, starting from the inland side of Shore Drive. All of the land involved is registered land; it had…