Legal Opinion
Selectmen of the Town of Nahant v. United States
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided December 5, 1968No. Civ. A. 67-263-FPublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
FRANCIS J. W. FORD, District Judge.
This action, in which plaintiff town by its substitute complaint seeks to recover from the United States compensation for the use and occupancy of certain real estate, raises the question of whether plaintiff or the United States is the owner of the particular lot of land involved.
The interest of the United States in this land was acquired from the plaintiff town, then owner of the land, under an instrument dated October 27, 1898. Under the terms of this deed, the town “in consideration of the sum of one dollar, the receipt of which is hereby…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Mulvey v. City of BostonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1908
- First Universalist Society of North Adams v. BolandMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1892
- Atchafalaya Land Co. v. F. B. Williams Cypress Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1922
- Institution for Savings in Roxbury & its Vicinity v. Roxbury Home for Aged WomenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1923
- Dyer v. SianoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1937
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3Cited by16 opinions
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- Queler v. SkowronMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2002
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- Opinion of the Justices to the SenateMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1975
- BD., SELECTMEN OF PROVINCETOWN v. Attorney Gen.Massachusetts Appeals Court · 1983
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