Peters v. Archambault

The plaintiffs by this bill seek to compel the defendants (the Archambaults) to remove a portion of the Archambault house which encroaches on the plaintiffs’ land in Marshfield. The plaintiffs and the Archambaults own adjoining ocean-front lots. Both lots are registered (G. L. c. 185). Neither certificate of title shows the Archambault lot to have any rights in the plaintiffs’ lot.

The Archambaults’ predecessor in title obtained a *92building permit in 1946 and built a house partly on their own lot and partly on the plaintiffs’ lot, of which the total area is about 4,900 square feet. Each lot had…