Legal Opinion

Rothery v. MacDonald

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided July 9, 1952PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtQua, C.J.

This is a petition for the registration of title to a tract of land bordering upon, and including a portion of, the beach at Scituate Harbor in Scituate in the county of Plymouth.

' The parties are in dispute as to the ownership of á strip about 300 feet in its extreme length and generally about 25 feet in width, located adjoining to, and in large part upon, the upper part of the beach. The trial judge decided in favor of the petitioners except as to a house known in this case as “No. 2,” and the land immediately surrounding it, and except also as to a small triangle at the westerly end of the…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Hunnicutt v. PeytonSupreme Court of the United States · 1880
  2. Green v. LiterSupreme Court of the United States · 1814
  3. Evitts v. RothTexas Supreme Court · 1884
  4. Inhabitants of Cohasset v. MoorsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1910
  5. Randall v. ChaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1882

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Ryan v. StavrosMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1964
  2. Pugatch v. StoloffMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1996
  3. In Re ColarussoBankruptcy Appellate Panel of the First Circuit · 2003
  4. Ragosa v. CanzanoBankruptcy Appellate Panel of the First Circuit · 2003
  5. Waltham Resources Corp. v. KennedyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1963

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