SHEFTEL v. LEBEL

No. 95-P-1403.

44 Mass. App. Ct. 175 (1998)

ELAINE I. SHEFTEL & another v. JOHN S. LEBEL & others.

Court of Appeals of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

January 22, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henry S. Levin (Allan E. Levin with him) for the plaintiffs.

Present: WARNER, C.J., SMITH, & LAURENCE, JJ.


LAURENCE, J.

Over a century and a half ago, Herman Melville noted the irresistible attraction that the seashore holds for our species:

"But look! here come more crowds, pacing straight for the water, and seemingly bound for a dive. Strange! Nothing will content them but the extremist limit of land .... No. They must get just as near the water as they possibly can without falling in. And there they stand — miles of them — leagues! Inlanders all...

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