Pierce v. Roberts
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Suit for an injunction; brought to the Superior Court in New Haven County, and heard before Andrews, J. The plaintiffs were Edward N. Pierce, William W. Carter, George Merriman and Catherine R. Root; the defendants were Jennie A. Roberts, M. Josephine Roberts, Orlistus L. Roberts, and Lawson J. Wooding. The facts'were found by the court and a.permanent injunction granted. The defendants appealed. The case is fully stated in the opinion.
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Suit for an injunction; brought to the Superior Court in New Haven County, and heard before Andrews, J. The plaintiffs were Edward N. Pierce, William W. Carter, George Merriman and Catherine R. Root; the defendants were Jennie A. Roberts, M. Josephine Roberts, Orlistus L. Roberts, and Lawson J. Wooding. The facts'were found by the court and a.permanent injunction granted. The defendants appealed. The case is fully stated in the opinion. It is claimed by the plaintiffs that a part of the defendants sold them certain building lots at Sachem’s Head, and at the time of the sale, and before,…
1Opinion of the CourtLoomis, J.
The three defendants, Jennie A., Orlistus L. and M. Josephine Roberts, in June, 1882, and before that time, were the owners in fee of a piece of land called Sachem’s Head, a favorite summer resort on Long Island Sound in the town of Guilford; and to induce summer visitors to purchase the same and erect cottages thereon, they caused all the land to be surveyed and laid out. into cottage lots, so that each lot on one side bounded on the waters of the Sound and on the interior side on a circular drive-way or road sixteen feet wide., which left a piece of land in the center resembling an ellipse…
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