Young v. Prendiville

The principal issue presented in this case is whether a street to Rye Beach was accepted by the public as a public way or whether it has remained the private property of defendants, abutting land owners.

C Street is one of five streets running from Ocean Boulevard to Rye Beach as shown on a subdivision plan of the land between the boulevard and the beach. Around 1921, the owner filed the plan in the county registry of deeds and thereafter sold lots in accordance with the plan. C Street has never been formally accepted or developed by the municipality as a public way. Today C Street is in part…