ROTHERY v. MacDONALD


329 Mass. 238 (1952)

107 N.E.2d 432

JULIAN E. ROTHERY & others vs. JAMES H. MacDONALD.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Plymouth.

July 9, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John E. Eaton, Jr., for the respondent.

Robert M. Briggs, for the petitioners.

Present: QUA, C.J., RONAN, WILKINS, SPALDING, & WILLIAMS, JJ.


QUA, C.J.

This is a petition for the registration of title to a tract of land bordering upon, and including a portion of, the beach at Scituate Harbor in Scituate in the county of Plymouth.

The parties are in dispute as to the ownership of a strip about 300 feet in its extreme length and generally about 25 feet in width, located adjoining to, and in large part upon, the upper part of the beach. The trial judge decided in favor of the petitioners except as...

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