Jones v. Gingras

This is a bill in equity to quiet title to land in Norwell (the locus). The case was referred to a master who found that the plaintiffs, husband and wife, had record title to the locus and, alternatively, that they had established ownership of the locus by adverse possession. The court below confirmed the master’s report, and a final decree was entered stating that the plaintiffs have “good title of record” to the locus. The defendant appealed from the final decree only.

We first dispose of certain procedural questions. The parties have attempted to bring before us portions of a transcript of…