Williams v. Boston Water Power Co.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Bill in equity, filed December 6, 1880, by the owner of a lot of land in Boston, marked B on the plan printed in the margin,* against the owner of the triangular lot of land enclosed in dotted lines, and marked A, on the same plan, for az injunction to restrain the defendant from ever building on sli j lot, and for further relief.
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Bill in equity, filed December 6, 1880, by the owner of a lot of land in Boston, marked B on the plan printed in the margin,* against the owner of the triangular lot of land enclosed in dotted lines, and marked A, on the same plan, for az injunction to restrain the defendant from ever building on sli j lot, and for further relief. The bill contained the following allegations: 1. By deed dated June 20, 1866, and duly recorded on June 28, 1866, with Suffolk deeds, libro 881, folio 96, the defendant conveyed, with all the privileges and appurtenances thereto belonging, to Nathan Matthews, a…
1Opinion of the CourtHolmes, J.
This is a second attempt to assert an easement over a small piece of land, which was before the court in Boston Water Power Co. v. Boston, 127 Mass. 374. The land in question is a triangular piece lying in the acute angle between Huntington Avenue and St. James Avenue (formerly St. James Street) where they meet, on the territory recently reclaimed from the Back Bay in Boston. It is bounded on the other side (easterly) by a forty-foot way, now called Trinity Place. The present plaintiff owns an estate to the southeast of the triangle, and separated from it by the intersection of St. James…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Boston Water Power Co. v. City of BostonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1879
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