Macallister v. DeStefano

The plaintiffs (Macallisters) brought a petition in the Land Court under G. L. c. 185, § 1, seeking to register and confirm title to a 4.6 acre parcel of land bordering Nye Road and Ames Way in the Centerville section of Barnstable. (A sketch of the parcel appears in an addendum to this opinion.) The defendants objected, disputing the Macallisters’ claim of ownership to the northeast half of the parcel. The Land Court examiner reported that the Macallisters did not have a “good title as alleged and proper for registration” because of his inability to determine the location of the boundary…