An otherwise-normal adverse possession case took an interesting turn when, in a recent decision, the Land Court judge declined to quiet title to the plaintiff’s property after denying the defendants’ counterclaim for adverse possession. In Borawski v. Gralinski (Land...
Month: July 2018
Massachusetts Rule Confirmed, No Legal Remedy for Damage Caused by Neighbor’s Healthy Tree
Frank Lloyd Wright said “the best friend on earth of man is the tree,” but perhaps the epigram is less true if the tree is on your neighbor’s property and causing damage to your property. In Massachusetts, it has long been the rule that a property owner may not hold a...