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Mahoney v. Heebner

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts
Nov 1, 1961
343 Mass. 770 (Mass. 1961)

Opinion

November 1, 1961.

Edward L. O'Brien William H. Welch, for the defendants, submitted a brief.

Henry A. Moran, Jr., for the plaintiff.


Final decree affirmed with costs of appeal. The master's conclusion that the plaintiff and his predecessors in title, by continuous use for more than twenty years, have acquired a right by prescription to use a driveway which passes over the defendants' land was consistent with and justified by his other findings. Seasonal absence of the plaintiff and his predecessors from their summer residence did not require a finding that the adverse use was not continuous. Kershaw v. Zecchini, 342 Mass. 318, 320-321, and cases cited. Restatement: Property, § 459 (1), comment b. Anno. 24 A.L.R.2d 632.


Summaries of

Mahoney v. Heebner

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts
Nov 1, 1961
343 Mass. 770 (Mass. 1961)
Case details for

Mahoney v. Heebner

Case Details

Full title:STEPHEN A. MAHONEY vs. WILLIAM J. HEEBNER another

Court:Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts

Date published: Nov 1, 1961

Citations

343 Mass. 770 (Mass. 1961)
178 N.E.2d 26

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