Leahy v. Graveline

The defendant, as trastee of the Monica T. Grave-line Trust (trust), appeals from a Land Court judge’s decision that (1) the plaintiffs, nonwaterfront lot owners in the Hyannis Park subdivision, have an implied easement allowing them to use a beach on Lewis Bay adjoining property owned by the trust, and (2) said easement has not been abandoned or extinguished.3 We affirm.

Background. This case involves a longstanding dispute concerning the rights of successors in title to certain parcels of property in a subdivision established by three plans dated 1892, filed in the Barnstable County registry…