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Appeals court revisits century-old deed, land registration and easement dispute in Wellfleet case
Summary
Argument focused on whether an over-inclusive 1922 deed conveyed land the grantor owned, and whether intervening registered-parcel easements are immune from attack under land-registration statutes.
The panel heard extensive argument in Sexton v. Barnstable County and Wellfleet Housing Authority over a 1922 deed described as ‘‘over-inclusive’’ and whether that deed conveyed the parcel the plaintiff-appellant claims. The appeal also raised whether registered-land intervenors hold easements immune from challenge.
Daniel Dane argued for appellant Shalee Sexton that long-standing rules of deed construction require courts to give effect to a deed that describes property the…
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