Myers v. Salin

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• neighboring property owners who delayed two years in bringing action waived claims and barred by laches
• finding that where the servient certificate of title contained a general reference to the existence of easements and an explicit reference to deeds containing beach rights and a right of way, the requirements of Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185, §§ 46 and 47 were satisfied
• “A finding concerning loches, based upon oral evidence, however, will not be disturbed unless clearly erroneous”
• no unity of title where spouse owns one property individually and another jointly as tenants by entirety
• Land Court judge correctly ruled that restrictions expired by lapse of time after thirty years because of G. L. c. 184, § 23
• no merger where some owned individually and some as tenant by the entirety

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