Document / Legal Opinion

Patterson v. Christ Church in the City of Boston

Posted 2018
Source
Old North Foundation of Boston, Inc.
Author
Robert H. Levin
About This Legal Opinion

The appellate court affirmed, finding that even if a land owner or manager generates significant revenues from activities on a property, so long as the public is not charged a fee to enter the property, then the recreational use statute applies.

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