SOCONY MOBIL OIL CO. INC. v. COTTLE


336 Mass. 192 (1957)

143 N.E.2d 265

SOCONY MOBIL OIL COMPANY, INC. vs. ELEANOR CRAY COTTLE, trustee.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

June 5, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard C. Evarts, for the plaintiff.

James B. Muldoon, for the defendant.

Present: WILKINS, C.J., RONAN, SPALDING, COUNIHAN, & CUTTER, JJ.


COUNIHAN, J.

This is a bill in equity in the Land Court for a declaratory decree under G.L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 231A, inserted by St. 1945, c. 582, § 1. Primarily the plaintiff seeks a determination of the existence of easements in a right of way and in a so called "reserved area" on its land for the benefit of the defendant. The plaintiff also seeks an injunction and damages.

A final decree was entered declaring that the easements in the passageway and the...

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