Legal Opinion
Burke v. Commonwealth
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided May 23, 1933PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtRugg, C.J.
This is a petition to register title to land on Duxbury Beach in that part of the town of Marshfield called Green Harbor. The respondents are the Commonwealth, the town of Marshfield, and certain owners of other lots on the beach. The rights of the Commonwealth were guarded in the decision and it is no longer a contestant. Facts not now in dispute and material to the grounds of this decision *65are these: The town was the owner of a considerable number of lots shown on a plan dated in 1883 and filed and recorded in 1895 with Plymouth County deeds. The selectmen of the town were authorized to…
2Cases cited27 opinions
- County of St. Clair v. LovingstonSupreme Court of the United States · 1874
- Storer v. FreemanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1810
- Jones v. JohnstonSupreme Court of the United States · 1856
- Adams v. FrothinghamMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1807
- Davis v. RainsfordMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1821
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