Wilson v. Middlesex Co.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Petition, filed in the Land Court on April 12, 1920, by Erwin A. Wilson and Laforest Beals, seeking registration of the title to land in Lowell bounding westerly on Central Street and northeasterly on Hurd Street. The petition was opposed only by Middlesex Company and by Albert E. O’Heir. O’Heir owned the property fronting on Hurd Street and adjoining that of the petitioners on the east.
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Petition, filed in the Land Court on April 12, 1920, by Erwin A. Wilson and Laforest Beals, seeking registration of the title to land in Lowell bounding westerly on Central Street and northeasterly on Hurd Street. The petition was opposed only by Middlesex Company and by Albert E. O’Heir. O’Heir owned the property fronting on Hurd Street and adjoining that of the petitioners on the east. The petition was heard in the Land Court by Corbett, J. It appeared that a large tract of land on the southerly side of Hurd Street extending from Central Street to George Street previously was owned by…
1Opinion of the CourtDe Courcy, J.
This is a petition to the Land Court for registration of the title to a parcel of land situated at the corner of Central and Hurd streets in Lowell. The question raised by the *229exceptions is whether the title should be registered free from certain conditions or restrictions originally imposed thereon.
The land in question, which abuts on the southerly side of Hurd Street, and is a portion of the premises described in the petition, was formerly part of a large tract owned by the respondent Middlesex Company. It was conveyed on September 1, 1835, by said company to John Mixer and John Wade, Jr.,…
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