Hamlin v. Attorney General
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Petition, filed in the Land Court on August 1, 1905, for the registration of title to certain real estate in the town of Mattapoisett. In the Land Court the case was heard by Davis, 3. The title of the petitioner to the greater part of the property described in her application was admitted. As to a portion of the premises described the respondents denied that the petitioner had any title.
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Petition, filed in the Land Court on August 1, 1905, for the registration of title to certain real estate in the town of Mattapoisett. In the Land Court the case was heard by Davis, 3. The title of the petitioner to the greater part of the property described in her application was admitted. As to a portion of the premises described the respondents denied that the petitioner had any title. The land described in the petition lay partly on the westerly side and partly on the .easterly side of what is called Beacon Street. As to the portion on the westerly side the title was admitted to be in the…
1Opinion of the Court
Knowlton, O. J.
The only question in this case is what is the westerly boundary line of that portion of the petitioner’s land which lies on the easterly side of Beacon Street in Mattapoisett. The lot is particularly described by metes and bounds, the line in question being designated at one end, at the point from which the measurement starts in another direction, away from the road, in these words: “ Beginning in the east line of the road, at the southwest corner of land owned by Susan Cannon.” The boundary then runs around the lot to the east, and “ thence southerly by the sea to a road or…
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