Phillips v. Griffiths

Opinion by

Mr. Chief Justice Drew,

Plaintiffs, Clifford S. and Anna Thompson Phillips, have appealed from a decree of the court of Common Pleas, No. 7, of the County of Philadelphia, dismissing a bill in equity to enjoin the use of a coach house by defendants as a residence in violation of a zoning ordinance of the City of Philadelphia.

Prior to February, 1947, the coach house had been part of a larger estate adjoining plaintiffs’ property. In that year the house and a small area of ground surrounding it were separated from the estate and conveyed to one Gessner who, in September, 1948, sold it…