Saunders v. Racquet Club
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 71, July Term, 1894, by plaintiff, from decree of C. P. No. 1, Phila. Co., Sept. Term, 1893, No. 912, dismissing bill in equity. Bill in equity to compel the removal of a wall. Before Br^gT?, J. The facts appear fully by the opinion of the Supreme Court. JSrror assigned was decree sustaining demurrer and dismissing bill.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Dean,
The plaintiff, Frances B. Saunders, is the owner of lot 925 on the north side of Walnut street, Philadelphia; the lot has a frontage of forty-eight feet and depth of one hundred and fifty-nine feet; the defendant is the owner of lot 928, adjoining on the east; this has a frontage of thirty-four feet one inch, and about the same depth as 925. The plaintiff claims the right to project her building for the whole depth of her lot, at a height of twelve feet from the pavement, four feet over her line on defendant’s lot. The necessary conclusion from the pleadings is,…
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