W. D. Cowls, Inc. v. Woicekoski

The plaintiff sought an injunction to prevent the individual defendants August and Sylvia Woicekoski (the defendants) from interfering with its use of a certain road in the town of Belchertown and a declaration that the defendants have "no right or title to the land over the said old road, except that interest or right in common with” other members of the public to use the road. The plaintiff claimed that the road, the so called Old Stage Road, is a public way, and, therefore, that the defendants could not maintain a barrier preventing access. After trial in the Superior Court, judgment was…