Merriam v. Seelye

The question presented by this case together with the two others which were tried with it, is as to the present existence and validity of the restrictions against the erection of any buildings on the west side of Chestnut st. in the City of Springfield originally imposed in certain deeds given by one Jonathan Dwight, who in 1822 purchased the entire property in controversy, laid out what is now known as Chestnut st. through the' westerly portion of it near the edge of a steep bluff which there breaks off to the westward, and immediately began selling off house lots. The lots as originally…