Legal Opinion
Air Plum Island, Inc. v. Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided September 26, 2007No. 06-P-736PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSikora, J.
This appeal presents a question of adverse pos-
session. The land in dispute is a 9.1-acre parcel (the runway parcel) containing the major segment of the runway of the Plum Island Airport (airport). The plaintiff, Air Plum Island, Inc. (API), operated the private airport from 1966 through 2000. The defendant Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities (SPNEA) has been the record owner of the disputed parcel *247since 1971.1 In 2000, API began this action in the Superior Court seeking a declaration of its ownership of the runway parcel by reason of adverse possession. SPNEA answered…
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