Boorstein v. Massachusetts Port Authority

The plaintiffs, owners of three vacant parcels of land in East Boston, brought this action in the Land Court to quiet title to those premises. At issue is whether a pipeline easement taken in 1943 by the United States of America, and now purportedly held by the Massachusetts Port Authority (authority), still exists. The case was presented on a stipulation of facts which incorporated various documents. The judge ruled that the authority owned a pipeline easement over the plaintiffs’ land and that the easement had not been extinguished. We affirm the judgment which dismissed the action.

On March…