Berger v. Town of Guilford

The question at issue in this action to settle title is whether the plaintiffs own a small beach at Bloody Cove in the defendant town or it is owned by the town as a public beach. The action was originally brought by the plaintiff Berger; later George T. Sperry and Edith M. Gulliver were admitted as co-plaintiffs. Thereafter a substitute complaint was filed in two counts, the first of which set up the claim of the plaintiffs Berger and Gulliver and the second the claim of the plaintiff Sperry. After issue was joined the case was referred to a state referee, who held extensive hearings and…