Legal Opinion
Long v. Wickett
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided November 2, 2000No. 98-P-1424PublishedCited by 53 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLaurence, J.
Background facts. Upon acquiring apparent title to a ten-acre vacant parcel of land in Medway (locus) in 1987, a developer (not involved in the instant appeal) constructed a sixteen-home subdivision on the locus. Between 1987 and 1990, the developer sold the homes to the original appellants herein. In August, 1993, all of those appellants found in their mailboxes a property owner’s worst nightmare: a letter from the appellees’ lawyer asserting that the locus had belonged to the appellees and not to the developer, so that the lots and houses thereon were located on land not owned by the…
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