Attorney General v. Abbott
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Information, filed August 17, 1887, by the Attorney General, to prevent the defendant from interfering with Ocean Park, Hartford Park, and Waban Park, so called, in Cottage City, to which he claimed title under a deed from the Oak Bluffs Land Company, dated April 28, 1885. The case was heard in 1889, by Meld, J., upon the pleadings and evidence reported by the commissioner and special master, and was reserved by him for the consideration of the full court, such decree to be…
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Information, filed August 17, 1887, by the Attorney General, to prevent the defendant from interfering with Ocean Park, Hartford Park, and Waban Park, so called, in Cottage City, to which he claimed title under a deed from the Oak Bluffs Land Company, dated April 28, 1885. The case was heard in 1889, by Meld, J., upon the pleadings and evidence reported by the commissioner and special master, and was reserved by him for the consideration of the full court, such decree to be entered as justice might require. The facts appear in the opinion. The case was argued at the bar in October, 1890, and…
1Opinion of the CourtAllen, J.
A perusal of the voluminous evidence, aided by the full briefs of counsel, shows to our satisfaction that there was an intention on the part of the owners of the parcels of land called Ocean Park, Hartford Park, and Waban Park to dedicate them to the use of the public as parks, and that the same were used by the public enough to show an acceptance thereof prior to the year 1880.
It will not be useful to state in much detail the evidence which leads to these results, or to discuss the particulars in which witnesses disagree or contradict each other. The general features, however, are as…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- President of Cincinnati v. Lessee of WhiteSupreme Court of the United States · 1832
- Abbott v. Inhabitants of Cottage CityMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1887
- Gillespie v. RogersMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1888
- Attorney General v. WhitneyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1884
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- BartlettMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1895
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