Renzi v. Spirito

This is a bill in equity to restrain respondent from further suffering his land which has been artifically built up contiguously to that occupied by complainant to slide onto the latter’s premises. A portion of the premises occupied by complainant was covered to a depth of four feet. The building on said premises was pushed six inches out of plumb and its wall cracked.

The bill alleged that complainant was the assignee of a lessee and in possession of said premises with an option of purchase for $3,500 during the period of the lease. The lease by its terms expired April 30, 1929. For the…