After a long legal battle triggered by manager of the town of Hull rigging the tax map to lay claim on Graves Ledge, the Massachusetts Land Court has reached its verdict: Graves is not, and never has been, part of the town.
“The 50-page decision included a detailed analysis of historic records stretching as far back as the Colonial Land Grants from 1634 and multiple maps, deeds, and other documents. The judge also visited the remote Graves Ledge at the entrance to Boston Harbor to survey the seascape with her own eyes,” the Hull Times reports.
Judge Diane Rubin wrote in her verdict, “I find that Graves Ledge lies neither within the municipal land nor tide water boundaries of the Town of Hull.”
The Boston Globe has covered the case all along.
We learned that Hull Town Manager Philip Lemnios and Counsel James Lampke tried illegally to annex us in 2020. It was an illegal land grab, a shakedown operation, typical of certain unaccountable municipal governments in the area, and we called it out.
Lemnios – who hid from reporters the entire time – even set a “day of taking” to seize Graves Light.
The Land Court has settled the issue. We can put it all behind us.
As we said all along, we would have accepted whatever verdict the court arrived it. We look forward to the day when the malefactors – Hull town manager and town attorney James Lampke – will leave us, and the people of Hull, alone.
Thanks again to all our many friends and fans out there who cheered us on this whole time. We read all of your comments. Your support meant a whole lot to us.
