Legal Opinion
Rowley v. Massachusetts Electric Co.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided March 12, 2003PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCordy, J.
In this case we must determine whether the owners of property abutting a former railway may claim title to the land within it pursuant to G. L. c. 183, § 58, a provision enacted to clarify ownership and ease the difficulty of identifying the owners of the small strips of land that lay beneath highways, streams, walls, and other similar boundaries of width that for generations have separated parcels of land. We conclude that they may.2
Background. The following background is undisputed. In 1866 the General Court enacted legislation allowing the New Haven and Northampton Railroad Company…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Hanlon v. RollinsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1934
- Cuddyer v. Stop & Shop Supermarket Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2001
- New England Box Co. v. C & R Construction Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1943
- Bon v. GravesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1914
- Casella v. SneiersonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1949
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3Cited by30 opinions
- Casseus v. E. Bus Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2018
- Commonwealth v. RaposoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2009
- Capreal, Inc. v. United StatesUnited States Court of Federal Claims · 2011
- Adams v. Planning BoardMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2005
- Hickey v. Pathways Association, Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2015
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