Legal Question in Real Estate Law in Massachusetts

Re: adverse possession of easements

Can land within a previously existing railroad easement that has been unused

for the prescriptive period be adversly possessed by an individual, a

corporation or a local government?

Yes, but not always. Anyway, look up the term prescriptive easement.

Does the answer vary if the original easement was granted to a governmental agency as opposed to a private

corporation?

I don't think so.