Legal Opinion

Studley v. Kip

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided May 24, 1923PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtCarroll, J.

The petitioner is the owner of a tract of land, bounded northerly by a way called Girard Avenue and westerly by Hiawatha Avenue, in the town of Falmouth. The respondent Kip owns the adjoining land on the westerly side of Hiawatha Avenue. In 1904, by a decree of the Land Court in the case of Kip, petitioner, there was registered as appurtenant to his land a right to use the whole of the way called Hiawatha Avenue “ in common with others entitled thereto.” This way was twenty feet wide; the boundary line between the Studley and Kip estates being in the middle of the way; the Kip land was…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Allison v. DonovanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1923
  2. Briggs v. Treasurer & Receiver GeneralMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1916

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Butler v. Haley Greystone Corp.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1964
  2. Wood v. WilsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1926

Showing a preview — retrieve the full document via the Exa API.

Powered by the Exa API