Title Disputes

Easement, Boundary and Title Disputes

Land Use Litigation in Eastern Massachusetts

Our attorneys have a demonstrated record of success resolving boundary, easement and title disputes and other land use issues. We represent residential and commercial real estate developers as well as individual property owners, and business providing provide fast, aggressive legal relief.

At Jeffrey T. Angley, P.C., a member of Phillips & Angley, Attorneys at Law, our lawyers focus attention on land use litigation, including easement, boundary and title disputes. We will take the time to understand the issues and discover the source of the conflict surrounding your title. Our attorneys' extensive knowledge of land use and real estate law, and our thorough attention to cases, allow us to effectively protect our clients' rights.

Easement Disputes

Arguments can arise over easements for many reasons, such as who has the right to pass over the easement, what kinds of uses can be made of the easement or the land that it accesses and what rights the property owner has to alter or relocate the easement on the property.

Our law firm has years of experience resolving disputes involving the scope and interpretation of express, implied and prescriptive easements. We routinely litigate disputes involving public and private easements in Land Court, Superior Courts and the Massachusetts Appeals Court.

Boundary Line Disputes

We represent homeowners and commercial landowners whose property rights are threatened by disputes with adjacent property owners over boundary lines. A lot line dispute may arise because a neighbor is clearing your land or removing trees, a building is encroaching upon your property, or a new structure is obstructing your view. Such matters frequently involve claims for adverse possession where a landowner maintains that they have acquired title to land by twenty or more years of open, adverse, notorious and continuous use.

A boundary dispute creates uncertainty in your title, can call into question the location of buildings and structures on your property and responsibility for maintenance and legal liability for injuries that occur on the land. Adverse possession claims can lead to the loss of land. You may also lack clear title should you wish to sell the property. We will obtain a land survey, review the facts and fight to protect your interests in your land.

Competing Chains of Title and Quiet Title Actions And Restrictive Covenants

When land is surveyed and developed over time as it frequently is in Eastern Massachusetts, competing chains of title (clouded title) may arise. Property may also be encumbered by restrictive covenants that bar or limit how land can be used. If there are competing chains of title to your property, we can help you defend your interests. We can file a quiet title action to have the court examine competing claims and order a final resolution clearing title. If a quiet title action has already been filed regarding real estate to which you have an interest, we can represent you in that action, as well. If your property is subject to recorded covenants that limit use, our office can advise whether such limitations are lawful or can bring suit to clear those restrictions of record or declare them unenforceable. If your land is benefitted by a restriction, we can sue to enforce the restriction for your benefit.

If you have a title insurance policy, which protects the policyholder from many kinds of title defects and claims to your land, we can review your policy and assist in arranging coverage. Your policy may include a benefit which would pay for our representation. Contact us to learn more.

We handle a wide variety of land and title disputes including easement disputes, boundary disputes, adverse possession claims, actions to quiet title, and actions regarding the enforceability of restrictive covenants.

Contact Us

Jeffrey T. Angley, P.C. is recognized for its thorough research and results in title disputes and land use litigation. Describe your issue online or call 617-892-4391 for a prompt response by effective land use attorneys. Our main office is located at One Bowdoin Square in downtown Boston, Massachusetts. For your convenience, we also maintain a satellite office on the south shore at 150 Longwater Drive, Norwell, Massachusetts.