Ide v. Bowden

This is a petition for registration of title to about fourteen acres of vacant land in Seekonk lying directly east of the Massachusetts-Rhode Island boundary line. The Land Court judge ruled that the petitioner (Ide) was “entitled to registration ... in fee . . . subject to any encumbrances set forth in the abstract not here in issue.” The respondent (Mrs. Bowden) who claims an undivided half-interest in the locus has appealed. The case is before us on the decision of the judge of the Land Court, which incorporates by reference the examiner’s report and abstract and the Land Court plan. The…