Moriarty v. Ashworth

This is an action to restrain the defendant from quarrying and disposing of granite rock from land mortgaged by the defendant to the plaintiff, in April, 1887, to secure a debt of $1,000, to become due two years after that time. The land is of the area of four acres. Its principal value is in the granite quarry thereon. The removal of this material depreciates the value of the land to the extent of such removal; but the quarrying by the defendant has not been carried on to such an extent as to so far impair the value of the land as to render it insufficient security for the plaintiff’s debt,…