Milton v. Puffer

The plaintiff and the defendants’ intestate, whom we shall speak of as the defendant, owned adjoining estates on Irving Street in Boston. On the premises of the defendant was a brick building which he had erected after he acquired title in 1896, the face of the southerly wall of which coincided with the dividing line between the two estates. The plaintiff acquired title in 1905 and immediately began the erection of a brick building according to plans which contemplated that the northerly foundation and wall should be up to and flush with the northerly line of her land and the dividing line…