Battelle v. New York, New Haven, & Hartford Railroad
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Petition, filed in the Land Court on November 30, 1910, for the registration of the title to certain land in the town of Need-ham, lying between the Charles River and the station of the New York, New Haven, and Hartford Railroad Company at Charles River Village, on both sides of a travelled way known as Fisher Street.
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Petition, filed in the Land Court on November 30, 1910, for the registration of the title to certain land in the town of Need-ham, lying between the Charles River and the station of the New York, New Haven, and Hartford Railroad Company at Charles River Village, on both sides of a travelled way known as Fisher Street. The case was heard by Davis, J., who made an order for a decree for the petitioner in accordance with the rulings which are stated in the opinion, and reported the case for determination by this court. The questions presented by the report and the facts relating to them are…
1Opinion of the CourtDeCourcy, J.
The report of the judge of the Land Court presents three questions for our determination.
1. The first issue is between the petitioner and the New York, New Haven, and Hartford Railroad Company and involves the construction of a deed. The facts that raise the question of law are stated in the decision of the Land Court as follows: “The principal controversy is in regard to the ownership of certain portions of the land claimed by the petitioner on either side of the railroad location which were covered by a deed given by Mary Battelle, predecessor in title to the petitioner, to the Boston,…
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