Dugan v. Wellock

Decision affirmed. The Land Court ordered title to certain land in Brewster (the locus) registered as belonging to the substitute petitioners. Because the case is here by appeal, rather than on a bill of exceptions, the sole question is whether the judge’s order is correct on the facts stated, or incorporated by reference, in the decision. Harrington v. Anderson, 316 Mass. 187, 192-193; Comeau v. Manzelli, 344 Mass. 375, 376. The judge found that in 1917, one Saint, the respondent’s predecessor in title, sought to register title to the locus, claiming by adverse possession. That petition, to…