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Appeals court tackles complex dispute over North Street rights, adverse possession and abandonment

Massachusetts Appeals Court (Oral Arguments) · November 17, 2025
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Summary

Three parties disputed whether portions of North Street were owned in fee, abandoned or effectively relocated; judges questioned the factual basis for the trial court’s map and its numerical boundaries and pressed counsel on whether vegetation, intermittent parking of an RV, or recorded deeds supported extinguishment or relocation of easement rights.

A long‑running property dispute over North Street drew extensive questioning from the Appeals Court on whether easements were abandoned, relocated or extinguished and whether the trial court’s mapping of the right‑of‑way was supported by the record.

Thomas Moriarty, for North 12 LLC, argued the trial court erred in declaring ownership and adverse‑possession boundaries east of an existing fence; he said the…

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