Gray v. Handy

This is a petition under G. L. c. 185 to register title to certain land, hereinafter called the locus. The respondents claim, inter alla, “the right to remove sand from the . . . [locus] for purposes of cranberry culture on the bogs lying southwest . . . [thereof].” The Land Court ruled, inter alla, that the petitioners “are entitled to have the . . . [locus] registered free from any . . . right of the respondents to dig and remove any sand therefrom”; and the respondents appealed. The evidence is reported.

We summarize the pertinent facts from the Land Court’s decision. Much of the locus and…