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Originally Posted by go4broke44
Flaptail, theres a MA law about "right of easement" or something, so technically they can't limit you access if you have been doing it for X number of years without a problem
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Not in this case. There was never a general right of access--select individuals had permission from the old owners of those houses to cross their yards and fish there. Some would allow you to park your vehicle in their yard, too. You can't gain a prescriptive easement by using the property with the express permission of the landowner. Your use of the property has to be open and under some claim of right, so crossing the guy's yard at 3 AM while he's asleep isn't the same as an open and notorious use adverse to the landowner's right of ownership.
There are unmarked public rights of way in those areas though, that most people don't know exist, as the signs were removed by landowners years ago
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